correctional institution

noun

plural correctional institutions

: a place where people are kept when they have been arrested and are being punished for a crime : a prison

They live within sight of a correctional institution.

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County officials hope the project will address issues that correctional institutions across the U.S. face, particularly with those involving mental health and substance use. —Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024

The titular correctional institution is merely the location of the proscenium. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024

Inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, as well as Warren, Ross, and Chillicothe correctional institutions, were named in the indictment, court records show. —Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024

The Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office charged 14 people, including current inmates at correctional institutions around the state and their families, according to a May 22 news release. —Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024

Mendota is a medium-security federal correctional institution and an adjacent minimum-security satellite facility. —Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 May 2024

The suspects are being held without bail at various correctional institutions in the area, the district attorney said. —Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024

According to prosecutors, correctional officers found Collazo-Prieto with more than 50 grams of cocaine, divided among 21 plastic baggies, and one larger, unsealed plastic bag, also containing cocaine during a routine search at the correctional institution. —Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024

The action coincided with the ouster of the new warden from the federal correctional institution in Dublin. —Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024