in detention

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: in a prison or similar place

Dozens of protesters were held/kept in detention for six hours.

Examples of in detention in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The family plans to sue the Syrian government for damages and to seek justice for others still in detention. —Katie Benner, New York Times, 18 May 2024

Judge Bloom ordered that the teen remain in detention. —Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 14 May 2024

Editors’ Picks Still, even in detention, Ms. Zhang remained defiant. —Vivian Wang, New York Times, 13 May 2024

More than 7,600 people have been arrested in the West Bank since Oct. 7, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, including people who remain currently in detention and people who were later released. —NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024

Some of the Guantánamo detainees seemed to him to have landed in detention through a mix of bad luck and bad information. —Tamara Audi, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024

Concerns continue in detention centers under the Biden administration, with detainees in Louisiana last year telling NBC News about the threat and use of solitary confinement as punishment. —Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024

He was released from house arrest last year after months in detention. —Amar Nadhir, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024

The bill would increase funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to support roughly 42,000 beds in detention facilities, and would fund 22,000 Border Patrol agents. —Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024