correctional

[kuh-rek-shuh-nl]

adjective

1. of or relating to correction, especially to penal correction.

correctional

/ kəˈrɛkʃənəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals

   a correctional facility

Other Word Forms

• noncorrectional noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of correctional¹

First recorded in 1830–40; correction + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The doctors talked with Fischgrund about the threat before communicating with correctional staff, who could have removed the inmate or taken steps to protect Fischgrund, according to the complaint.

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“The DOJ’s request is almost literally without precedent. No state judge in California history has ever placed a correctional institution into receivership.”

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And California City is facing a fiscal crisis, after among other things losing the state correctional facility.

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Workers in state prisons and local correctional facilities, including inmate workers and correctional staff, were exempted from the rule after state officials raised cost concerns.

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The state is planning to build a second detention center at a correctional institution that was shuttered in 2021 after numerous reports of excessive violence and abuse of inmates by guards.

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Related Words

• disciplinary 
• penal 
• punishing 
• retaliatory 
• vindictive