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

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The nonprofit has a library that circulates 3,000 books daily, provides substance abuse and alcohol anonymous training, and offers reentry classes and chaplain services to support religious needs while at the detention center, Alcorn said. —

Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025 Clay County detectives are investigating the death of an inmate in the county detention center. —

Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025 He has been taken to an Arkansas juvenile detention center, according to police. —

Lori Dunn and Stevon Gamble Texarkana Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2025 The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Sunday declined to say whether migrant women, children or families would be held in the Guantanamo Bay detention center. —

Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for detention center

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