CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does correctional institution mean? 

• CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (noun)
  The noun CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION has 1 sense:

1. a penal institution maintained by the government

  Familiarity information: CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A penal institution maintained by the government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("correctional institution" is a kind of...):

penal facility; penal institution (an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "correctional institution"):

detention camp; detention home; detention house; house of detention (an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court))

clink; gaol; jail; jailhouse; pokey; poky; slammer (a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence))

pen; penitentiary (a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes)

prison; prison house (a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment)

reform school; reformatory; training school (correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders)