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correctional

[kuh-rek-shuh-nl] / kəˈrɛk ʃə nl /




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The Safer Skies Act expanded that mandate to roughly 18,000 law-enforcement agencies and 6,000 correctional facilities across the country.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The Brentwood, Tenn., company also landed contracts with ICE at a 1,033-bed reception center in Kansas and a 2,160-bed correctional facility in Oklahoma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Schlanger served as a chaplain for the New South Wales correctional service and a major hospital, Chabad said.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Wilcox, identified in the motion as the medical director of a large county jail with 31 years of experience in correctional medicine, concluded that Viera Reyes, 50, has “a high probability of having prostate cancer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

In solitary, he met few prisoners or correctional staff.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson