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

These actions are necessary to address longstanding infrastructure and staffing challenges while ensuring the Bureau remains focused on its core mission of operating safe, secure, and efficient correctional facilities. — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Since fiscal 2015, there has been about a 20% loss of correctional officers working at these correctional facilities. — Theodore Rose, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026

Toward the end of his sentence, Landor was transferred to a different correctional facility in the state. — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

As of last year, some type of MAT program existed in 10 of Connecticut’s 13 correctional facilities. — Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026

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