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.

Examples of correctional facility in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two additional staff members were evaluated and remained on duty at the correctional facility. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026

All that remains of roughly two dozen boys, who died many decades ago at a former youth correctional facility in central Missouri, are their graves and death certificates. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026

The series begins with a prison bus pulling up to a correctional facility in Georgia, where the commander of jail operations, Major Boughner, announces how the 30 participants, 27 men and 3 women, will be divided. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

In 2015, the inmates reached an agreement with the county that required the department to make changes to drive down the number of beatings that take place in its correctional facilities. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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