correctional

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If he had been given antibiotics or sent to the emergency room sooner, he “likely” would not have died,” according to a doctor who specializes in correctional health and reviewed the evidence.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 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

In one dialogue shared on Matter Neuroscience’s Instagram, Shane, a correctional officer in Texas, chats with Chris, who works at sandwich shop and DJ studio in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

On Nov. 17, Abdallah Hadian, a civilian imam, strode into a state correctional facility in New York with a firearm.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

I was escorted to a forty-by-forty-foot room where more than two dozen incarcerated men sat sadly while uniformed correctional staff buzzed in and out.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson