correctional facility
noun
plural correctional facilities
: a place where people are kept when they have been arrested and are being punished for a crime : a prison
The state's largest correctional facility is nearly full.
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The documentary, from filmmakers behind HBO’s The Jinx, was shot over six years on contraband phones by the men who risked their lives to participate in this film, which unearthed over 1,300 deaths of people in custody inside Alabama correctional facilities between 2019 and 2024.
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Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
The receiver’s assistant deputy medical executive helps make sure health care services in correctional facilities are safe, effective and continuously improving.
—Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
In 2017, the passage of Act 185 aimed to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake by replacing them with smaller youth correctional facilities across the state.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The Alabama Solution is a six-year investigation into the crisis unfolding at prisons across the southern state, discovering over 1,300 deaths of people in custody inside Alabama correctional facilities between 2019 and 2024.
—Davi Merchan, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
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Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
The receiver’s assistant deputy medical executive helps make sure health care services in correctional facilities are safe, effective and continuously improving.
—Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
In 2017, the passage of Act 185 aimed to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake by replacing them with smaller youth correctional facilities across the state.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The Alabama Solution is a six-year investigation into the crisis unfolding at prisons across the southern state, discovering over 1,300 deaths of people in custody inside Alabama correctional facilities between 2019 and 2024.
—Davi Merchan, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
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