correctional facility

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correctional facility (plural correctional facilities)

  1. (chiefly US, formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.
    Synonyms: correctional institution, corrective facility
    • 1982 December 19, Donovan Wilson, “Prison Food: Not Fancy, But—”, in New York Times[1], archived from the original on 2020-12-21:
      For inmates in the state's correctional facilities, a typical breakfast menu consists of cereal, toast, jam, jelly, doughnuts, coffee and fruit.
    • 2009 October 22, Steven Gray, “Michigan: Send Us Your Prison Inmates”, in Time[2], archived from the original on 2019-08-08:
      On Oct. 19, the Standish city council voted to allow federal prisoners, including detainees from Gitmo, to be housed at the local correctional facility.

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