Definitions of Department of Corrections on the Web:

- The Department of Corrections is a U.S. department responsible for the nation's prison and reform system. In addition, the department oversees each state's own Department of Corrections.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Corrections)

- The New Zealand Department of Corrections was established on 1 October 1995, following government decisions on the recommendations of the Review of the New Zealand Department of Justice in 1994. It is part of the national public service of New Zealand.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Corrections_(New_... )


"The Tennessee Department of Correction is a Cabinet-level agency within the Tennessee state government, headed by the Tennessee Commissioner of Correction, who is currently George Little. The Department is responsible for oversight of 19,084 convicted offenders in Tennessee's fifteen prisons, three of which are privately managed by the Corrections Corporation of America. Juvenile offenders not sentenced as adults are supervised by the independent Tennessee Department of Children's Services, while inmates granted parole or sentenced to probation are overseen by the independent Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole. The agency is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Department_of_Correct...


Kod nas je slična tome Uprava za izvršenje zavodskih sankcija (pri Ministarstvu pravde):

"Управа за извршење заводских санкција:
- организује, спроводи и надзире извршење казне затвора, малолетничког затвора, мера безбедности обавезног психијатријског лечења и чувања у здравственој установи и обавезног лечења алкохоличара и наркомана, као и васпитне мере упућивања у васпитно-поправни дом
- обавља послове који се односе на припрему предлога за помиловање, амнестију и условни отпуст
- прати стање и примену прописа у области извршења заводских санкција и у складу са тим указује на потребу и правце нормативног уређења
- сарађује у припреми прописа и обавља друге послове који се односе на област извршења заводских санкција. "
(http://www.mpravde.sr.gov.yu/)

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Note added at 7 hrs (2006-07-19 13:51:38 GMT)
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Inače, kazneno-popravni zavod/dom i sl. je sinonim za zatvor, a Department of Corrections je, po svemu sudeći, državna institucija zadužena za zatvorski sistem - tj. izvršenje zavodskih/zatvorskih sankcija.