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 amount spent in 2024 to pay overtime to correctional officers and other prison staff is 28% higher than the year before, an increase that comes even as staff vacancies are down amid the implementation of pay raises in correctional facilities.
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Watch Ferrari on Hulu Eileen Debuting at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, this psychological thriller set in 1960s Massachusetts centers on the titular Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie), a young secretary ostracized by her peers at a correctional facility for teenage boys.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Heuermann now spends his days at the Suffolk County correctional facility.
—Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Police arrested Chris Daniel Aguilar, 16, shortly after the incident and detained him at a juvenile correctional facility.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Watch Ferrari on Hulu Eileen Debuting at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, this psychological thriller set in 1960s Massachusetts centers on the titular Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie), a young secretary ostracized by her peers at a correctional facility for teenage boys.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Heuermann now spends his days at the Suffolk County correctional facility.
—Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Police arrested Chris Daniel Aguilar, 16, shortly after the incident and detained him at a juvenile correctional facility.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Correctional facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correctional%20facility. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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