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.
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The furloughs would apply to most state employees, except for critical positions such as state troopers and correctional facility staff.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Back in Malone, a meeting was quietly held Thursday night between a state prison official and striking officers outside Bare Hill, a correctional facility that drew attention earlier that day when officers walked out and four emergency response teams were called in.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
One of her first directives was to install a new leader, Bennie Thorpe, who had recently run another correctional facility and had experience with security operations and rehabilitation programs.
—Jan Ransom, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Despite a Best Actor nomination for Colman Domingo, the correctional facility drama is currently #31 at iTunes, though not in Fandango’s top 10 despite its $19.99 price.
—Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Back in Malone, a meeting was quietly held Thursday night between a state prison official and striking officers outside Bare Hill, a correctional facility that drew attention earlier that day when officers walked out and four emergency response teams were called in.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
One of her first directives was to install a new leader, Bennie Thorpe, who had recently run another correctional facility and had experience with security operations and rehabilitation programs.
—Jan Ransom, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Despite a Best Actor nomination for Colman Domingo, the correctional facility drama is currently #31 at iTunes, though not in Fandango’s top 10 despite its $19.99 price.
—Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for correctional facility
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“Correctional facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correctional%20facility. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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