custodialism

Etymology

From custodial + -ism.

custodialism means An approach to caring for people in institutions which emphasizes supervision and control over the inmate's environment and access to resources. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.

noun

An approach to caring for people in institutions which emphasizes supervision and control over the inmate's environment and access to resources.“The large VA hospital, T, was considered intermediate or transitional in that it was in process of fairly rapid change away from custodialism.”