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Before you wail "why do they have them in the first place", I used to work with a guy who spent 10 years in what's known as Corrective Services (state prison wardens) down here.
Kotaku 2009
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But we must assume that is not certain, since the memo moves on to a section entitled Corrective Techniques.
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Kerry Frizelle: 'Corrective' rape in South Africa should be made a hate crime
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Corrective rape, or rape against gay women as a form of curing them, has fast become a ubiquitous form of targeted sexual violence in South Africa.
Joseph Huff-Hannon: Catch a Fire: Activists Fighting "Corrective Rape" in South Africa Take Campaign Global Joseph Huff-Hannon 2011
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Corrective rape, or rape against gay women as a form of "curing" them, has fast become a ubiquitous form of targeted sexual violence in South Africa.
Joseph Huff-Hannon: Catch a Fire: Activists Fighting "Corrective Rape" in South Africa Take Campaign Global Joseph Huff-Hannon 2011
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Basic health care will have to include Preventive Care, Corrective Care for Accidents and Injuries, Limited Cost Care procedures, limited price-regulated Drug supply, and Hospice Care.
health care, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Corrective laser surgery, while popular, results for many in improved vision but a continuing need for prescription glasses.
How to Make a Spectacle of Yourself in Frames With No Glass in Them Alex Frangos 2011
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Congress passed the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) law in 1991 for the express purpose of outlawing any repeat of Pratt's refusal to close insolvent banks.
William K. Black: If Obama Thinks the Response to the S&L Debacle Failed, Why Is He Adopting it? William K. Black 2010
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Corrective religious education is an essential part of the de-radicalization programs.
Shehzad H. Qazi: De-radicalizing The Pakistani Taliban Shehzad H. Qazi 2011
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Corrective advertising is appropriate in cases of falsity that bear on public health.
Archive 2009-04-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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