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Correctional institutions

Scope note

Use to denote any buildings or groups of buildings in which people accused or convicted of breaking the law may be confined and which may or may not attempt some form of reform or rehabilitative correction of offenders.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30006448

Broader Terms used

<institutional buildings>

Equivalent Terms used

correctional institution

Created

12yrs ago

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