Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, euphemistic, formal)A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment or social rehabilitation.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom works in a correctional facility.

    ruТом работает в исправительном учреждении. — Wezel

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  2. He died in a youth correctional facility.

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  3. The editors of this magazine run a correctional facility.

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  4. Due to being a minor, the suspect was sentenced to a year in a juvenile correctional facility.

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Forms

plural: correctional facilities

Synonyms

2 synonyms
correctional institutioncorrective facility

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
correctA1correctionB1correctionalcorrectivecorrectlyA2correctnessB2

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