correctional facility

American  

Or correction facility

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of correctional facility

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The Brentwood, Tenn., company also landed contracts with ICE at a 1,033-bed reception center in Kansas and a 2,160-bed correctional facility in Oklahoma.

From The Wall Street Journal

As of October, deputies inside three facilities, including the Inmate Reception Center, Men’s Central Jail and Twin Towers Correctional Facility, began to wear body cameras.

From Los Angeles Times

As seen in the documentary’s opening scenes, the project began after the filmmakers were invited to film a barbecue at the Easterling Correctional Facility, one of 14 prisons in the system.

From Los Angeles Times

On Nov. 17, Abdallah Hadian, a civilian imam, strode into a state correctional facility in New York with a firearm.

From Slate

Like most of the prisons I’ve had the displeasure of living in, Eastern NY Correctional Facility during the “happiest time of the year” offers no gifts under a Christmas tree.

From Slate