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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He is scheduled to be released in July 2030 from a Miami federal correctional facility.
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Set within an Indonesian correctional facility, the narrative follows inmates whose survival instincts are tested when a mysterious new prisoner arrives accompanied by a supernatural entity that targets those with the darkest aura.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
He was sentenced to 18 months in a juvenile correctional facility after pleading guilty in April 2024 to felony criminal threat and three misdemeanor charges.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2026
As the first class begins, students take seats in plastic chairs arrayed in concentric circles (the undergrads on the inside circle, facing students from the correctional facility).
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Set within an Indonesian correctional facility, the narrative follows inmates whose survival instincts are tested when a mysterious new prisoner arrives accompanied by a supernatural entity that targets those with the darkest aura.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
He was sentenced to 18 months in a juvenile correctional facility after pleading guilty in April 2024 to felony criminal threat and three misdemeanor charges.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2026
As the first class begins, students take seats in plastic chairs arrayed in concentric circles (the undergrads on the inside circle, facing students from the correctional facility).
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Correctional facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correctional%20facility. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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