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

Both supported Moriarty's investigation into federal agents' conduct during Operation Metro Surge, and both said the county needs to replace the Hennepin County Home School, a juvenile correctional facility that closed in 2021. — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

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

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