detention center
noun
1
: a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept for a period of time
2
: 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
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One 17-year-old boy, who was judged to be 19 following an X-ray of his wrist, was forced to stay in an adult detention center and was beaten by one of the guards.
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Will Coldwell, The Dial, 3 Dec. 2024
President Jimmy Carter tried to withdraw U.S. forces from bases in South Korea in 1977, Obama attempted to close the Guantánamo Bay detention center in 2009, and Trump announced that U.S. forces would withdraw from Syria in 2019—but none of these efforts succeeded.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The detention center held women and children before the Biden-Harris administration canceled CoreCivic's $150 million contract in June.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Boyer started to worry that the detention center might try to keep Junior overnight.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
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Will Coldwell, The Dial, 3 Dec. 2024
President Jimmy Carter tried to withdraw U.S. forces from bases in South Korea in 1977, Obama attempted to close the Guantánamo Bay detention center in 2009, and Trump announced that U.S. forces would withdraw from Syria in 2019—but none of these efforts succeeded.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The detention center held women and children before the Biden-Harris administration canceled CoreCivic's $150 million contract in June.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Boyer started to worry that the detention center might try to keep Junior overnight.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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