correctional
Example Sentences
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BBC News spoke to three serving prison governors in England to gauge the state of correctional facilities and how staff are dealing with overcrowding.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
State correctional officials said Miguel Banuelos, 49, walked away from a prison camp — Washington Ridge Conservation Camp — in Northern California on July 4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Unless correctional officers voluntarily recognize their obligations under RLUIPA, they will ultimately face no punishment for violating that federal law.
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
Just one-third of white youths were sentenced to adult or juvenile state correctional facilities in 2012, while two-thirds were given probation or sentenced to serve time in county jails.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
