"correctional facility" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: correctional facilities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} correctional facility (plural correctional facilities)
  1. (chiefly US, formal, euphemistic) A prison, reformatory, or similar institution in which people are confined for the purpose of punishment and/or social rehabilitation. Tags: US, euphemistic, formal Categories (topical): Prison Synonyms: correctional institution, corrective facility
    Sense id: en-correctional_facility-en-noun-RmCkpGpZ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms

Inflected forms

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