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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In January 2019, a prolonged power outage plunged the correctional facility into crisis, leaving inmates in near-total darkness for a week, exposing them to frigid temperatures that swept the Northeast.
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Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Listen to this article An inmate who died at a correctional facility in Suffield on Thursday morning has prompted an untimely death investigation.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
Under his leadership, SUNY currently offers instruction in twenty-four of the state’s forty-four correctional facilities.
—The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has partnered with private industry to implement programs at their correctional facilities, diverting 8 to 10 tons of food residuals per week for recycling.
—Andrew Cassilly, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2024
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Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Listen to this article An inmate who died at a correctional facility in Suffield on Thursday morning has prompted an untimely death investigation.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
Under his leadership, SUNY currently offers instruction in twenty-four of the state’s forty-four correctional facilities.
—The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has partnered with private industry to implement programs at their correctional facilities, diverting 8 to 10 tons of food residuals per week for recycling.
—Andrew Cassilly, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2024
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“Correctional facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correctional%20facility. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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