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correctional facility
or correction facility
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noun
a prison, especially for long-term confinement.
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Origin of correctional facility
First recorded in 1970ā75
Words nearby correctional facility
correa, correct, correcting plate, correction, correctional, correctional facility, correctional officer, correction fluid, correctitude, corrective, correctness
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