correctional institution
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4.9
- noun
- /kəˈrɛkʃənəl ˌɪnstəˈtuːʃən/
- Formal
:
institución correccional
- In New York and New Jersey, for example, juvenile court judges may not commit a youngster to correctional institutions for "status offenses" -- that is, for behavior that would not be a crime if done by adults.
Examples
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We have an inmate here at broward correctional institution.
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Without such guarantees, the overrepresentation of minorities in correctional institutions and females (particularly status and minor offenders) in mental health institutions will continue to grow.
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This is a maximum security correctional institution.
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Others are secure correctional institutions.
Academic text (2004) -
The considerations that lead to separate correctional institutions for young offenders in the USA and England had their impact in India as well.
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I mean, if this place is indicative of the state of correctional institutions in this country, they might as well let all the convicts out.
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I'm afraid I'm going to have to put you in the care of the state correctional institution at Greenport for an indefinite stay.
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After JJDPA, a five-year concerted effort resulted in a 40 percent drop in the incarceration of girls in public detention and correctional institutions.
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While the vast majority of correctional institutions were operated by government entities at government expense during the early part of the 20th century, by the 1960s, prisons were increasingly reliant on private services.
Academic text (2017) -
Teresa began her fifteen-month sentence at the federal correctional institution in Danbury, Connecticut.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A building where people are kept as punishment or while waiting for trial
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7.9
A prison for people found guilty of serious crimes
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4.1
A building where police keep people who are waiting for trial or serving a sentence
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5.5
A small room in a police station where police keep people temporarily
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4.6
A place where people are kept for a short time, like prisoners or migrants, while their case is decided
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4.3
A prison run by a state government for people found guilty of serious crimes
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5.3
A camp where guards keep people against their will, often during war
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6.3
A locked place where young people who break the law are kept
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4.2
A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
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8.3
A place where young people who break the law are sent to be taught to behave better
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6.5
A place where young people who have broken the law stay temporarily under court supervision
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6.3
A place like a prison where people are kept as punishment for crimes
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6.8
A place in the countryside where people who broke the law live and work on farms
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4.1
A place where people found guilty of crimes are kept and given help to change their behaviour
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7.7
A place where young people who broke the law are kept by the court for a short time
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6.0
A building that holds people as punishment for crimes to protect the public
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4.6
A building where people are held as punishment or while waiting for trial
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6.2
A place where young people who broke the law stay temporarily under court care
A place where people who broke the law stay to learn better behaviour and get help
A place where authorities keep young people for a short time after breaking the law
A place where people are kept by the government and forced to change their beliefs or behavior
Antonyms
How Secure
- Specialized
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7.9
- US
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7.9
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1.0
- Formal
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4.9
∞
1.0
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound meaning is directly compositional: an 'institution' for 'correctional' purposes = a place for correcting or treating offenders, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a prison/reform facility. This formation follows common noun + adjective composition and has cognate equivalents in many languages, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
The noun correctional institution comes from the words correctional (from 'to correct', to change wrong behavior) and institution (a place). These places were seen as not only to punish people but also to 'correct' them, so today the phrase means a prison or similar place where people who broke the law are kept and helped to change.