correctional

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cor·rec·tion·al /kəˈrekʃənəl/ adjective [only before noun] technical  SCJrelating to the punishment of criminals 改造的，惩治的correctional facility/institution/centre (=a prison) 管教所，惩教所，监狱

Examples from the Corpus

correctional• He was found unconscious with a bedsheet round his neck, a correctional services spokesman said.• Clearly there are times when correctional staff and professionals come into conflict over their aims.• I think the evidence now shows that that is simply not true, so there was correctional work to do there.

cor·rec·tion·al adjectiveChineseSyllable  

relating of punishment Corpus the to criminals

correctional
cor‧rec‧tion‧al /kəˈrekʃənəl/ adjective [only before noun] technical
relating to the punishment of criminals
    correctional facility/institution/centre (=a prison)

cor·rec·tion·alBrE /kəˈrekʃənl/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈrekʃənl/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (especially NAmE) concerned with improving the behaviour of criminals, usually by punishing them 改造的◆a correctional center/institution/facility (= a prison) 监狱