correctional
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Later that month, Combs was transferred to the federal correctional institution at Fort Dix in New Jersey, where he had been serving out his sentence until his transfer on Friday.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Walters, a citizen of the Comanche Nation, had never spoken to this correctional officer, and he thought a private conversation with him or any other guard was a recipe for trouble.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"We're just kind of nervous," said Letisha Lucas, a 33-year-old Canadian correctional programme officer, visiting Madrid with a friend, Lindsay.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 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
I entered the prison and saw an older white woman—the correctional officer who managed the visitation yard.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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