Correctional Facility Vocabulary

noun the state of being held by the police

• The suspect was taken into custody by the police.
• They finally caught the guy and threw him in custody.
• The cops nabbed the criminal and put him in custody.
• Her emotions were in custody as she tried to remain composed during the meeting.

noun a place, especially a prison or school, where people are sent to be reformed or rehabilitated

• The judge sentenced the young offender to a reformatory for rehabilitation.
• They sent him to the reformatory to straighten him out.
• He got busted and ended up in the reform school.
• The workshop was like a reformatory for old ideas, transforming them into innovative solutions.