correctional

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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

The doctors talked with Fischgrund about the threat before communicating with correctional staff, who could have removed the inmate or taken steps to protect Fischgrund, according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Toward the end of his sentence, Landor was transferred to a different correctional facility.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025

Of the nearly 7.3 million people currently under correctional control, only 2.3 million are in prison or jail.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander