as in punitive
inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment
threatened to take correctional measures if the household chores were not done the state's largest correctional institution
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Recent Examples of correctional
The federal Department of Justice announced an investigation into California’s correctional system Thursday over the state’s policy of housing incarcerated transgender women in female prisons.
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The report also highlighted increases in correctional and medical staff, as well as reductions in violence.
—María Santana, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
That investigation grew out of inmate and correctional officer interviews in the aftermath of Epstein’s death.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Greifinger, the correctional health expert, said the sheriff’s office should commission an independent mortality review to study whether any jail operations, staffing or other shortcomings are exacerbating external factors and resulting in preventable deaths.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
When the Sheriff’s Office signed a contract with national correctional health care provider NaphCare in 2022, officials said the deal would reduce costs and streamline services for people locked up in San Diego County jails.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Members include correctional officers, sergeants, maintenance workers, custodians, cafeteria workers and school bus drivers.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
Despite other staff at the facility intervening quickly, prison officials say the correctional officer suffered several puncture wounds.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Shaw also worked at the Orange County Jail in correctional health.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The report also highlighted increases in correctional and medical staff, as well as reductions in violence.
—María Santana, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
That investigation grew out of inmate and correctional officer interviews in the aftermath of Epstein’s death.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Greifinger, the correctional health expert, said the sheriff’s office should commission an independent mortality review to study whether any jail operations, staffing or other shortcomings are exacerbating external factors and resulting in preventable deaths.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
When the Sheriff’s Office signed a contract with national correctional health care provider NaphCare in 2022, officials said the deal would reduce costs and streamline services for people locked up in San Diego County jails.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Members include correctional officers, sergeants, maintenance workers, custodians, cafeteria workers and school bus drivers.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
Despite other staff at the facility intervening quickly, prison officials say the correctional officer suffered several puncture wounds.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Shaw also worked at the Orange County Jail in correctional health.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correctional
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The jurors reached the compensatory verdict first, then had to go back and deliberate further to come up with the punitive award.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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However, if Tuesday’s $375 million verdict out of a similar social media trial in New Mexico is any blueprint, expect the punitive award in the West Coast trial to be a comparable amount.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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Centuries of penal laws had left Catholics as impoverished tenant farmers, while Protestants – wealthier and less reliant on the crop – had greater resources to survive.—
Paula Kane,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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But those who do get caught end up experiencing the Gulf’s penal system for at least a while, which is something most tourists and residents would prefer to avoid.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Occasionally, King’s assistants, a pair of bulky guys with law-enforcement backgrounds, offered the stumbling line a corrective shove.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Council members and staffers have been grappling with cost estimates that peg corrective repairs to the City Hall building at $329 million and more than $1 billion for full modernization over 20 years.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Correctional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correctional. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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