Tennessee Department of Correctionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is a Cabinet-level agency within the Tennessee state government, headed by the Tennessee Commissioner of Correction, who is currently Gayle E. Ray, who succeeded George Little on 1/1/2010. The Department is responsible for oversight of more than 19,000 convicted offenders in Tennessee's sixteen prisons, three of which are privately managed by the Corrections Corporation of America. Several TDOC facilities have mental health units run by MHM Services. 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. The department has its headquarters on the sixth floor of the Rachel Jackson Building in Nashville.