correctional facility

or correction facility

noun

1. a prison, especially for long-term confinement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of correctional facility¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Among the mementos on the walls: the top of the pool table where he first recorded the podcast, a copy of the Constitution, a rusted sign that once hung on the fence of the long-closed Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility in Chino, where he did a stint.

From Los Angeles Times

Bannon, 70, was released from a Danbury, Connecticut, correctional facility on Tuesday, Benjamin O'Cone, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman, told the BBC.

From BBC

“When it was Trump against Biden, I didn’t feel as though Biden was healthy or mentally capable of running a second term, so I would have voted for Trump,” wrote one Black respondent who is incarcerated in Kingman Correctional Facility in Arizona.

From Slate

She is currently organizing a 5K run inside Mabel Bassett Correctional Facility that will benefit Project: SAFE, a local nonprofit for survivors of domestic violence.

From Slate

Adrian Tsaroukian, 23, is now in jail at the county’s Twin Towers Correctional Facility, facing felony charges on accusations of robbery and shooting at a car.

From Los Angeles Times