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
And a study by the New York City Department of Investigation showed test error rates from 79% to 91% in some correctional settings.
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
The opportunities extend beyond associate degrees, with some universities offering full bachelor's programs tailored to specific correctional populations.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The county should not hire candidates for the sheriff's office or correctional positions if their prior law enforcement experience was obtained at ICE, according to the Lehigh County Controller's Office recommendation obtained by Newsweek.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 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
Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
The opportunities extend beyond associate degrees, with some universities offering full bachelor's programs tailored to specific correctional populations.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The county should not hire candidates for the sheriff's office or correctional positions if their prior law enforcement experience was obtained at ICE, according to the Lehigh County Controller's Office recommendation obtained by Newsweek.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correctional
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The United States last year also blocked imports from a major South Korean salt farm accused of using slave labor, becoming the first trade partner to take punitive action against a decadeslong problem on salt farms in islands off the country’s southwest coast.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, human-rights organizations reported repression inside the El Rodeo I prison, where foreign political detainees launched a protest that authorities allegedly responded to with tear gas and punitive measures.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The colony’s penal function brought in large sums from the British treasury.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 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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At the time of Jaxon’s death, the county was nearing the end of an 18-month corrective action plan aimed at improving oversight and safety within the system.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
20 Apr. 2026
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The reframe worked like a set of corrective lenses, sharpening sentimental mush into something with meaning and claws.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Correctional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correctional. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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