correctional
adjective/kəˈrekʃənl/
/kəˈrekʃənl/
[only before noun] (especially North American English)- connected with improving the behaviour of criminals, usually by punishing them
- a correctional center/institution/facility (= a prison)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCorrectional is used with these nouns:- facility
- institution
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