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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The Metropolitan Detention Center houses over 1,000 men and women in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, and is among the most notorious federal correctional facilities.
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Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The outage affected the Robinson, Osborn and Cybulski correctional facilities, all part of the massive prison campus straddling the Enfield-Somers line only a mile south of Massachusetts.
Prison officials said a water pipe broke Sunday evening, curtailing service to all three buildings.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
The three men who were apprehended were transported to a secure state correctional facility outside the area, the sheriff's office said on Saturday.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 16 May 2025
Local residents have expressed doubts there is enough water on site or nearby to supply a large correctional facility.
—Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
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Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The outage affected the Robinson, Osborn and Cybulski correctional facilities, all part of the massive prison campus straddling the Enfield-Somers line only a mile south of Massachusetts.
Prison officials said a water pipe broke Sunday evening, curtailing service to all three buildings.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
The three men who were apprehended were transported to a secure state correctional facility outside the area, the sheriff's office said on Saturday.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 16 May 2025
Local residents have expressed doubts there is enough water on site or nearby to supply a large correctional facility.
—Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
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