"punitive institutions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used whenever you want to refer to institutions or organizations that are focused on punishment or enforcing consequences for certain actions. Example: "The country's justice system is in need of reform, particularly the punitive institutions that have come under criticism for their harsh treatment of prisoners."
The values and considerations appropriate to justifying acts are often assimilated to those that define judicial responsibility, whereas the values that bear on justifying the punitive institution are akin to those that govern statutory enactments by a legislature.
In fact, Norway has some of the least punitive penal institutions in Europe.
"We can't impose punitive measures on institutions which choose to sell assets," replied Bernanke.
He was head of a criminal justice system that incarcerated people in punitive and inhumane institutions – and it had been going on for years.
"If we design it so it's punitive and so institutions aren't going to participate, this won't work the way we need it to work," Mr. Paulson said on "Fox News Sunday".
Unlike most healthcare settings where the physician is only responsible for the patient's welfare, doctors working within corrections often find themselves caught between the punitive aspect of the institutions' mission and the best interests of their patients.
Allen et al. (2010) summarize this tension stating: Unlike most healthcare settings where the physician is only responsible for the patient's welfare, doctors working within corrections often find themselves caught between the punitive aspect of the institutions' mission and the best interests of their patients.
But couldn't this also end up being a punitive assessment, even against financial institutions that had absolutely nothing to do with a particular failure?
FLs might not have been willing to explain to researchers from a medical institution that they were discouraging ART particularly in a context in which punitive measures are being instituted against practices related to "occult powers".
"These concerns, while present in virtually every S.E.C. enforcement action, are magnified for financial institutions in today's punitive market environment, where litigating with a regulator may have devastating consequences," Citigroup said.
