correctional facility
Noun
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Noun
correctional facility
- (chiefly, US) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.
- 1982, Donovan Wilson, "Prison Food: Not Fancy, But— ↗," New York Times, 19 Dec. (retrieved 9 Nov 2010):
- For inmates in the state's correctional facilities, a typical breakfast menu consists of cereal, toast, jam, jelly, doughnuts, coffee and fruit.
- 2009, Steven Gray, "[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1931203,00.html Michigan: Send Us Your Prison Inmates]," Time, 22 Oct.:
- On Oct. 19, the Standish city council voted to allow federal prisoners, including detainees from Gitmo, to be housed at the local correctional facility.
- 1982, Donovan Wilson, "Prison Food: Not Fancy, But— ↗," New York Times, 19 Dec. (retrieved 9 Nov 2010):
- correctional institution
- corrective facility
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