correctional facility
or correction facility
noun
a prison, especially for long-term confinement.
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correct, correcting plate, correction, correction fluid, correctional, correctional facility, correctional officer, corrections officer, correctitude, corrective, correctively
Origin of correctional facility
First recorded in 1970–75
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