correctional institution
noun
plural correctional institutions
: a place where people are kept when they have been arrested and are being punished for a crime : a prison
They live within sight of a correctional institution.
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Mangione is being held at the Pennsylvania state correctional institution at Huntingdon, the oldest operating state prison in the state.
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Kara Scannell, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
State lawmakers declined to consider several bills aimed at improving prison conditions, including legislation that would have made air-conditioning mandatory in every housing unit in all of Florida's correctional institutions.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Cohen alleged that upon his return to the correctional institution in Otisville, New York, he was placed in solitary confinement for 16 days.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
Kelly has since been moved and, as of last year, is being housed at a North Carolina federal correctional institution, according to The Associated Press.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
County officials hope the project will address issues that correctional institutions across the U.S. face, particularly with those involving mental health and substance use.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024
The titular correctional institution is merely the location of the proscenium.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
Inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, as well as Warren, Ross, and Chillicothe correctional institutions, were named in the indictment, court records show.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
The Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office charged 14 people, including current inmates at correctional institutions around the state and their families, according to a May 22 news release.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
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Kara Scannell, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
State lawmakers declined to consider several bills aimed at improving prison conditions, including legislation that would have made air-conditioning mandatory in every housing unit in all of Florida's correctional institutions.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Cohen alleged that upon his return to the correctional institution in Otisville, New York, he was placed in solitary confinement for 16 days.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
Kelly has since been moved and, as of last year, is being housed at a North Carolina federal correctional institution, according to The Associated Press.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
County officials hope the project will address issues that correctional institutions across the U.S. face, particularly with those involving mental health and substance use.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024
The titular correctional institution is merely the location of the proscenium.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
Inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, as well as Warren, Ross, and Chillicothe correctional institutions, were named in the indictment, court records show.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
The Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office charged 14 people, including current inmates at correctional institutions around the state and their families, according to a May 22 news release.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
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