correctional

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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

Feasibility studies have already been conducted by federal agencies to assess whether a modern correctional facility could be established on the site, though no final decision has been made.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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

During testimony last week, Tomas Rivers, a correctional officer from State Correctional Institution Huntingdon, where Mangione was first held, described conversations he had with the accused, according to Rolling Stone:

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025

In solitary, he met few prisoners or correctional staff.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson