correctional facility

or correction facility

noun

First recorded in 1970–75

He is currently being held without bail in a segregated area of Wayne County Correctional Facility away from other inmates.

Shakur departed Clinton Correctional Facility in a stretch white limo.

Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, Florida—the same jail in which he was held during some of the lead-up to his July trial.

He will appear in court via live video link from John Polk Correctional Facility on Tuesday afternoon.

Shellie Zimmerman was taken Tuesday to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, where her husband is being held.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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