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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Heuermann now spends his days at the Suffolk County correctional facility.
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Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Police arrested Chris Daniel Aguilar, 16, shortly after the incident and detained him at a juvenile correctional facility.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The first 20 years of that prison sentence saw the brothers kept in separate prisons, but they have been housed in the same San Diego correctional facility since 2018.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
It is estimated the bill would cost the state more than $330 million in the first two years, which doesn't include construction costs for billing additional state correctional facilities that would likely be needed to accommodate an influx of inmates, according to Evers' veto message.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Police arrested Chris Daniel Aguilar, 16, shortly after the incident and detained him at a juvenile correctional facility.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The first 20 years of that prison sentence saw the brothers kept in separate prisons, but they have been housed in the same San Diego correctional facility since 2018.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
It is estimated the bill would cost the state more than $330 million in the first two years, which doesn't include construction costs for billing additional state correctional facilities that would likely be needed to accommodate an influx of inmates, according to Evers' veto message.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for correctional facility
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