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correctional

[kuh-rek-shuh-nl] / kəˈrɛk ʃə nl /




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County Correctional Health Services staff members with knowledge of the situation who were not authorized to speak publicly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Correctional Health Services has requested additional funds for medication-assisted treatment this budget cycle, subject to approval from the Board of Supervisors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

To help this, and in recognition of his successful completion of the program, he was allowed to move to the Monroe Correctional Complex, a lower-security institution.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

He was first taken to an army barracks and then moved to a prison – Lagos's Kirikiri Correctional Centre – where he waited for his trial to start.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Except for Dieter, back at the Academy, my passage through the Department of Correctional Services had been blissfully free of anyone, officer or inmate, with the slightest interest about my background.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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