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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The three brothers, who are being held at a federal detention center in Brooklyn, have pleaded not guilty.
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
What To Know Parris is now being held by ICE at a detention center in Florence, Arizona.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
One complaint, representing 89 people, names the state of Illinois and two state agencies, while 44 other individual complaints name Cook County, which ran a Chicago juvenile detention center.
—Sophia Tareen, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
The teenage suspect is being held in the Prairie Vista Youth Services Center, a juvenile detention center in Brighton, police said.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
What To Know Parris is now being held by ICE at a detention center in Florence, Arizona.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
One complaint, representing 89 people, names the state of Illinois and two state agencies, while 44 other individual complaints name Cook County, which ran a Chicago juvenile detention center.
—Sophia Tareen, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
The teenage suspect is being held in the Prairie Vista Youth Services Center, a juvenile detention center in Brighton, police said.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for detention center
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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