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
Last month, a correctional officer who worked at FCI Dublin was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2024
Average correctional officer vacancy rates for fiscal year 2023 were 30% for state-run facilities and 42% for CoreCivic facilities, which house over a third of Tennessee’s 19,000 prison inmates.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023
As is often the case, the correctional officer was fired but not criminally prosecuted.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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