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.
Examples of correctional institution in a Sentence
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Maxwell, 63, is serving a 20-year sentence in the federal correctional institution in Tallahassee, Florida.
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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
On the state side, officials have said that the facility is not a state correctional institution because it’s managed by the Division of Emergency Management, not the Department of Corrections.
—Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
Maxwell had been incarcerated in recent years at FCI Tallahassee, which is described as a low security federal correctional institution housing a total of 1,191 male and female inmates.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 30 May 2023
Des Vignes’ 12-week creative writing program originated in one Indiana prison and has since expanded to eight correctional institutions across Indiana, Alabama, and Illinois.
—Meg Dunn, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
The state argues Alligator Alcatraz is not a correctional institution because it’s not being run by the Department of Corrections.
—Siena Duncan
july 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Vehicles were also seen leaving the more remote Shek Pik Prison on Lantau Island and a women’s correctional institution at Lo Wu close to the border with mainland China.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
Between 98% and 100% of hospitals in most regions have had their power restored along with most water and telecommunications systems and 100% of correctional institutions, said LUMA.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
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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
On the state side, officials have said that the facility is not a state correctional institution because it’s managed by the Division of Emergency Management, not the Department of Corrections.
—Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
Maxwell had been incarcerated in recent years at FCI Tallahassee, which is described as a low security federal correctional institution housing a total of 1,191 male and female inmates.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 30 May 2023
Des Vignes’ 12-week creative writing program originated in one Indiana prison and has since expanded to eight correctional institutions across Indiana, Alabama, and Illinois.
—Meg Dunn, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
The state argues Alligator Alcatraz is not a correctional institution because it’s not being run by the Department of Corrections.
—Siena Duncan
july 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Vehicles were also seen leaving the more remote Shek Pik Prison on Lantau Island and a women’s correctional institution at Lo Wu close to the border with mainland China.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
Between 98% and 100% of hospitals in most regions have had their power restored along with most water and telecommunications systems and 100% of correctional institutions, said LUMA.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
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