How to Use correctional institution in a Sentence

correctional institution

noun
  • Her attorney argues she should be returned to a mental health facility, not a correctional institution.
    — Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The website describes it as a low-security correctional institution.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Under current law, no person is allowed to fly an unauthorized drone over a correctional institution, an action that can result in a $5,000 fine.
    — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • While pay raises helped fill vacancies at Wisconsin's correctional institutions, it's created an experience gap and a need for more training.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Michel reported to prison Thursday, a spokesperson said, with federal records listing him as an inmate at a low-security correctional institution in Arizona.
    — ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • The Democrats contended in the lawsuit that the denial violated laws allowing access by legislators to correctional institutions.
    — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Combs, who is now almost completely gray as seen his new prison intake photo, will now be released June 4, 2028, as per the correctional institution’s inmate information page.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The Democrats contended in the lawsuit the denial violated laws allowing access by legislators to correctional institutions.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
  • At the time, Maxwell had been serving her sentence at a low-security federal correctional institution in Tallahassee, Florida.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Crucially, the governor’s proposal goes deep into state correctional institutions, pushing to elevate the starting pay of correctional officers and funding 500 new positions.
    — John Koufos, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2026
  • Senior counsel representing Lai Chee-ying also clearly informed the court that the correctional institution arranged daily medical check-ups for Lai Chee-ying and that Lai Chee-ying had made no complaints about the medical services received while in custody.
    — Katrina Samaan, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
  • The federal correctional institution, which also houses accused United Healthcare CEO’s murderer Luigi Mangione, is notorious for its harsh conditions.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The setbacks evaluated in the report would prevent operators from drilling within 2,250 feet (686 m) of most residential, education, health or correctional institutions, and halt drilling 650 feet from streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, or irrigation infrastructure.
    — Georgina McCartney, Reuters, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Federal correctional institutions today function as highly complex environments responsible for managing housing, healthcare, security, intelligence, and rehabilitation across large inmate populations.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

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