correctional institution
noun
plural correctional institutions
: a place where people are kept when they have been arrested and are being punished for a crime : a prison
They live within sight of a correctional institution.
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Senior counsel representing Lai Chee-ying also clearly informed the court that the correctional institution arranged daily medical check-ups for Lai Chee-ying and that Lai Chee-ying had made no complaints about the medical services received while in custody.
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Katrina Samaan, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Her attorney argues she should be returned to a mental health facility, not a correctional institution.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Diddy and his legal team are appealing the sentence as the rapper serves time at the federal correctional institution at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 18 Nov. 2025
Combs, who is now almost completely gray as seen his new prison intake photo, will now be released June 4, 2028, as per the correctional institution’s inmate information page.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
Maxwell, 63, is serving a 20-year sentence in the federal correctional institution in Tallahassee, Florida.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 24 July 2025
Maxwell is currently serving her sentence at FCI Tallahassee, a low-security federal correctional institution for women located in Florida.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
The setbacks evaluated in the report would prevent operators from drilling within 2,250 feet (686 m) of most residential, education, health or correctional institutions, and halt drilling 650 feet from streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, or irrigation infrastructure.
—Georgina McCartney, Reuters, 25 Oct. 2024
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Katrina Samaan, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Her attorney argues she should be returned to a mental health facility, not a correctional institution.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Diddy and his legal team are appealing the sentence as the rapper serves time at the federal correctional institution at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 18 Nov. 2025
Combs, who is now almost completely gray as seen his new prison intake photo, will now be released June 4, 2028, as per the correctional institution’s inmate information page.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
Maxwell, 63, is serving a 20-year sentence in the federal correctional institution in Tallahassee, Florida.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 24 July 2025
Maxwell is currently serving her sentence at FCI Tallahassee, a low-security federal correctional institution for women located in Florida.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
The setbacks evaluated in the report would prevent operators from drilling within 2,250 feet (686 m) of most residential, education, health or correctional institutions, and halt drilling 650 feet from streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, or irrigation infrastructure.
—Georgina McCartney, Reuters, 25 Oct. 2024
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