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correctional facility en · NOUN

Meanings

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

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Synonyms

corrective facility · correctional institution