correctional
Example Sentences
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Before Tuesday, correctional officers at each facility might have still respected the inmate’s rights out of fear that they could be sued for damages.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
When Dismukes was appointed in 2025 to head the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, she inherited a system with a 49% vacancy rate of correctional officers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The Ohio-born musician entered a reform school in Michigan at 9 years old and spent the following two decades in and out of correctional facilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
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
When I went upstairs to the courtroom, I spotted the correctional officer who had given me such a hard time when I had first met Avery.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
