corrective facility
- noun
- /kəˈrɛktɪv fəˈsɪlɪti/
- Formal
:
centro de rehabilitación
- Rather than jail time, the judge ordered community service and a stay in a corrective facility.
Examples
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The city announced plans to renovate its aging corrective facility to improve inmate rehabilitation.
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After repeated offenses, she was finally sent to a corrective facility for young adults.
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The young offender was sent to a corrective facility for rehabilitation.
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Many believe that corrective facilities can help reduce recidivism rates.
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After repeated offenses, she was finally sent to a corrective facility for young adults.
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Rather than jail time, the judge ordered community service and a stay in a corrective facility.
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The city announced plans to renovate its aging corrective facility to improve inmate rehabilitation.
Synonyms
10
4.2
A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
10
6.8
A school where young people who break the law learn rules and work skills
4
8.3
A place where young people who break the law are sent to be taught to behave better
2
4.9
A place where people who broke the law are kept as punishment or while they wait for trial
1
4.1
A place where people found guilty of crimes are kept and given help to change their behaviour
1
6.0
A building that holds people as punishment for crimes to protect the public
A place where people are kept by the government and forced to change their beliefs or behavior
How Restrictive
- Specialized
12
7.9
∞
1.0
- Formal
32
4.6
- US
64
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'corrective' (intended to correct faults) modifies 'facility' (a building or institution), so together they denote a place intended for correction or rehabilitation. A B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably infer it refers to an institution for correcting behaviour, making the expression transparent.
Etymology
Corrective facility comes from the simple image of a building meant to 'correct' wrong behaviour. The word corrective means trying to fix someone's behaviour and facility means a place or building, so a corrective facility is a place where people are sent to be helped and changed.