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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Colorado deputy discovers escapee One of two men who escaped from a Colorado immigration detention center was arrested Friday after being found by a sheriff's deputy about 12 miles away.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
On the Canadian border, a backpacker from Wales spent nearly three weeks at a detention center before flying home this week.
—Julie Watson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Still, when the German citizens were detained separately crossing the San Diego-Tijuana border, they were denied entry and sent to a detention center, The New York Times reported.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
The group is in regular contact with people inside the detention center.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2025
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
On the Canadian border, a backpacker from Wales spent nearly three weeks at a detention center before flying home this week.
—Julie Watson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Still, when the German citizens were detained separately crossing the San Diego-Tijuana border, they were denied entry and sent to a detention center, The New York Times reported.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
The group is in regular contact with people inside the detention center.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 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 22 Apr. 2025.
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