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correctional facilities

correctional facilities is the plural of correctional facility.

Meaning of correctional facility

Noun

correctional facility (plural correctional facilities)

  1. (US, euphemistic, formal) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment or social rehabilitation.
    • For inmates in the state's correctional facilities, a typical breakfast menu consists of cereal, toast, jam, jelly, doughnuts, coffee and fruit.1982 December 19, Donovan Wilson, “Prison Food: Not Fancy, But—”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2020

Questions about correctional facilities

What is correctional facilities the plural of?
Correctional facilities is the plural of correctional facility.

Words near correctional facilities in the dictionary

  1. correctional
  2. correctional center
  3. correctional centers
  4. correctional centre
  5. correctional centres
  6. correctional facilities
  7. correctional facility
  8. correctional institution
  9. correctional institutions
  10. correctional officer
  11. correctional officers

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