correctional

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The Brentwood, Tenn., company also landed contracts with ICE at a 1,033-bed reception center in Kansas and a 2,160-bed correctional facility in Oklahoma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

On Nov. 17, Abdallah Hadian, a civilian imam, strode into a state correctional facility in New York with a firearm.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

Schlanger served as a chaplain for the New South Wales correctional service and a major hospital, Chabad said.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

“It’s the closest thing to almost feeling free in prison because we’re not feeling pressure from correctional officers or anything like that. It’s super important, because now I’m able to just concentrate on myself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

I had been to this prison often enough to be familiar to many of the correctional officers, but as I entered I was met by a correctional officer I’d never seen before.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson