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

State of play: San Quentin State Prison — the state's most notorious correctional facility that has been home to criminals like Charles Manson and serial killer Richard Ramirez — is undergoing a $239 million renovation expected to be completed by January 2026. —Nadia Lopez, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025

Examples range from transit systems, to airports, to roadways, to energy, to postal services, to correctional facilities, and more. —Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Wednesday activating members of the National Guard to the state's correctional facilities. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025

Officials said McIntosh used social media to sell the sheets and envelopes, with customers paying her to mail the documents to inmates at correctional facilities, the prosecutors said. —Megan Forrester, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025

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