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. 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 See All Example Sentences for correctional facility

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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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