correctional institution

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The action coincided with the ouster of the new warden from the federal correctional institution in Dublin.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

On Monday, Lewis Jr. and his family went to a federal correctional institution in Maryland to pick up Lewis Sr. and drive him to their D.C. home.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

San Quentin is California’s oldest correctional institution, housing one maximum-security cell block, a medium-security dorm and a minimum-security firehouse.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023

“I was in the hole a total of about 31 months,” said Mr. Guadalupe, who is 41 and was released from a federal correctional institution in Elkton, Ohio, in 2012.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2020

Del Africa walked free from Pennsylvania’s state correctional institution, Dallas, on Saturday morning after a long struggle to convince parole authorities to release him.

From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2020