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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Remembering David Allan Coe A native of Akron, Ohio, Coe's childhood was plagued by time in and out of youth correctional facilities, according to his website.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
At age 9, he was sent to reform school and then spent much of the next two decades of his life in correctional facilities.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
In the past year there have been 12 drone incursions at New York State prisons, including in March when a drone dropped contraband into the yard of a correctional facility.
—Pat Ryan, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
MacCausland is currently being held at a correctional facility in Vermont and will appear in Bennington County Superior Court on Monday to answer for a fugitive from justice charge.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
At age 9, he was sent to reform school and then spent much of the next two decades of his life in correctional facilities.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
In the past year there have been 12 drone incursions at New York State prisons, including in March when a drone dropped contraband into the yard of a correctional facility.
—Pat Ryan, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
MacCausland is currently being held at a correctional facility in Vermont and will appear in Bennington County Superior Court on Monday to answer for a fugitive from justice charge.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Correctional facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correctional%20facility. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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