correctional facility

English

Noun

correctional facility (plural correctional facilities)

1. (chiefly US, formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation.

   Synonyms: correctional institution, corrective facility

   • 1982 December 19, Donovan Wilson, “Prison Food: Not Fancy, But—”, in New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 2020-12-21:

     For inmates in the state's correctional facilities, a typical breakfast menu consists of cereal, toast, jam, jelly, doughnuts, coffee and fruit.

   • 2009 October 22, Steven Gray, “Michigan: Send Us Your Prison Inmates”, in Time‎^[2], archived from the original on 2019-08-08:

     On Oct. 19, the Standish city council voted to allow federal prisoners, including detainees from Gitmo, to be housed at the local correctional facility.

References

• “correctional facility”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.