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 first 20 years of that prison sentence saw the brothers kept in separate prisons, but they have been housed in the same San Diego correctional facility since 2018.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
The Department of Corrections is the only agency with a 287(g) agreement involving correctional facilities.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
It was originally launched as a pilot project last December at the state’s Rush City correctional facility and was shown to reduce application wait times and eliminated postage costs for visitors.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
The budget does increase state funding for correctional facilities by $397.4 million over the two-year budget — money that will go toward the costs of overtime, housing and growing prison populations.
—Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
The Department of Corrections is the only agency with a 287(g) agreement involving correctional facilities.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
It was originally launched as a pilot project last December at the state’s Rush City correctional facility and was shown to reduce application wait times and eliminated postage costs for visitors.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
The budget does increase state funding for correctional facilities by $397.4 million over the two-year budget — money that will go toward the costs of overtime, housing and growing prison populations.
—Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 31 July 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 3 Sep. 2025.
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