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 April 2024, before his conviction in the double murder, Groves was charged with battery of a correctional facility employee.
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Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Listen to this article A man in prison for murder was sentenced to a little more than an additional year on Wednesday for assaulting another person with a makeshift weapon while the two were imprisoned at a federal correctional facility in Connecticut.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
The series offers a raw look at daily life inside fix of the world’s toughest correctional facilities, looking at the harsh realities faced by both prisoners and guards.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Court records also show Groves currently faces a separate charge of battery against a correctional facility employee.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Listen to this article A man in prison for murder was sentenced to a little more than an additional year on Wednesday for assaulting another person with a makeshift weapon while the two were imprisoned at a federal correctional facility in Connecticut.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
The series offers a raw look at daily life inside fix of the world’s toughest correctional facilities, looking at the harsh realities faced by both prisoners and guards.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Court records also show Groves currently faces a separate charge of battery against a correctional facility employee.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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“Correctional facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correctional%20facility. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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