Correctional Institution

Date of Publication:

3/13/2019

Definition:

Any penal or correctional facility, jail, reformatory, detention center, work farm, halfway house, or residential community program center operated by, or under contract to, the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, for the confinement or rehabilitation of persons charged with or convicted of a criminal offense or other persons held in lawful custody. Other persons held in lawful custody include juvenile offenders adjudicated delinquent, aliens detained awaiting deportation, persons committed to mental institutions through the criminal justice system, witnesses, or others awaiting charges or trial. The term “correctional institution” includes military confinement facilities, but does not include internment facilities for enemy prisoners of war, retained personnel, civilian detainees, and other detainees provided under the provisions of DODD 2310.01E.