Correction is the way in which practitioners use different tools, techniques and facilities to engage in organized security and treatment functions intended to correct criminal tendencies among the offender population .
The purpose of corrections is to separate criminals from the society in which they would operate.
The purpose of corrections is to separate criminals from the society in which they would operate. Corrections operate as part of the criminal-justice system, providing housing and programs for offenders who have been convicted of crimes that necessitate the loss of freedom for the offender.
Although Dr. Craik had related the account of the sachem's prophecy since 1770, Washington's adopted son George Washington Parke Custis brought the story to the national consciousness through his play The Indian Prophecy.
