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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Court records also show Groves currently faces a separate charge of battery against a correctional facility employee.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 14 May 2025
Show more Juror No. 58: A 41-year-old male who works in communications at a correctional facility.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 12 May 2025
On May 10, 1994, the serial killer — who was convicted of murdering at least 33 teen boys and young men throughout the 1970s — died while at a correctional facility in Illinois.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 May 2025
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 14 May 2025
Show more Juror No. 58: A 41-year-old male who works in communications at a correctional facility.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 12 May 2025
On May 10, 1994, the serial killer — who was convicted of murdering at least 33 teen boys and young men throughout the 1970s — died while at a correctional facility in Illinois.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 May 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 Jun. 2025.
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