Also means
prison system
Usage Note
Strafvollzug refers to the execution of custodial sentences and is a Ländersache (state responsibility) in Germany. It encompasses prisons, rehabilitation programmes, and the conditions of imprisonment regulated by the Strafvollzugsgesetz.
Examples
"Der Strafvollzug soll nicht nur strafen, sondern auch resozialisieren."
Natural Translation
The prison system should not only punish but also rehabilitate.
Literal Translation
The penal-enforcement should not only punish but also re-socialise.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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