correctional officer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of correctional officer
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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During testimony last week, Tomas Rivers, a correctional officer from State Correctional Institution Huntingdon, where Mangione was first held, described conversations he had with the accused, according to Rolling Stone:
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025
Is correctional officer the job someone applies for when they have made all the right life choices?
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2025
It was after the daily 9 p.m. head count at the California Institution for Women in Chino when she was taken out of her cell by a correctional officer she thought was her friend.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024
State-run prisons are helping fill shifts with the augmentee program, where other Correction Department staff take correctional officer shifts for overtime in addition to their regular jobs.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023
The guard appealed, and the Court reversed the verdict because the correctional officer had not been permitted to tell the jury that Trina was in prison for murder.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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