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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He is being held without bond in a Miami-Dade correctional facility.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 2 May 2025
Sarah McKenzie’s paintings draw connections between the design of correctional facilities and museums, many of them iconic.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
And that’s exactly what Defy fosters inside the walls of correctional facilities.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
In making the decision, the judge rejected harsher and more lenient alternatives, including correctional facilities and residential treatment homes.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 2 May 2025
Sarah McKenzie’s paintings draw connections between the design of correctional facilities and museums, many of them iconic.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
And that’s exactly what Defy fosters inside the walls of correctional facilities.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
In making the decision, the judge rejected harsher and more lenient alternatives, including correctional facilities and residential treatment homes.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Correctional facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correctional%20facility. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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