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

Some awaiting execution at the United States Correctional Facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, may be innocent or victims of glaring miscarriages of justice.

From Salon

The Times spoke with rehabilitation program providers at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego who have worked closely with the brothers for years, as well as Lyle Menendez’s roommate at the prison, who described the brothers as “mentors.”

From Los Angeles Times

The body cavity search Christina Cardenas was subjected to at a correctional facility and hospital in Tehachapi amounted to “state sanctioned torture,” attorney Gloria Allred said.

From Los Angeles Times

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