correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government detention camp, detention home, detention house, house of detention

- an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer, clink - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) penal facility, penal institution - an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public penitentiary, pen - a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes prison, prison house - a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment reform school, reformatory, training school - correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders

legal med meansThe branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Legal medicine is also called forensic medicine. A physician may be engaged in legal (or forensic) medicine while a lawyer with identical interests is said to be in medical jurisprudence. It just depends upon the direction you are coming from.