detention center

noun

: a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept for a period of time

: a place where people who have committed crimes are kept as punishment

She spent several months in a detention center for women.

a juvenile detention center

Examples of detention center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Russian special forces freed two guards and killed several men linked to Islamic State who had taken them hostage at a detention center in the southern city of Rostov on Sunday, the prison service said. —

Reuters, NBC News, 16 June 2024 Part of his time away from the ring included 44 days in a detention center last summer for violating terms of his house arrest stemming from an automobile accident that injured four people, including one victim who was pregnant. —

Washington Post, 16 June 2024 Soon, Griner was moved to a women’s detention center about two hours outside Moscow. —

J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024 Marsh is being held at the federal detention center in Miami as of Tuesday afternoon. —

Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for detention center

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'detention center.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Cite this Entry

Style

“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.

Copy Citation