How to Use protective custody in a Sentence

protective custody

noun

• The five children who were found and rescued have been returned to the U.S. and placed in protective custody.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2023
• The girl and her siblings were placed in protective custody, the sheriff’s office said.
  — Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
• Koch's sons, ages 7 and 9, have been placed into protective custody.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2023
• Larkin added that Kelly had received threats from other inmates and had to be put in protective custody and 23-hour lockdown.
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2023
• But the sheriff's office never took the next step — bringing Card into protective custody and going through the state's yellow-flag law.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2023
• Police arrested the couple and charged them with child abuse by injury, and the eight children were put into protective custody.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• In an email, sheriff Merry said that in order to trigger the yellow flag process, a person has to be taken into protective custody.
  — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• The process does not start unless someone is in protective custody, meaning the person must first be located by police.
  — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Per the outlet, the children were taken into protective custody.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• Sheriff’s deputies moved the target into protective custody before he was harmed.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• Finding out that Alejandro had been robbed and his shoes stolen one night, only deepened his resolve to get him into protective custody.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
• The child has been placed in protective custody with Child Protective Services, according to police.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
• He was placed in protective custody after the state's four-member review board met on Thursday, the corrections department said.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2023
• Five women accepted assistance and all of the minors were taken into protective custody, the release from the state police said.
  — Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024
• As a result, a judge ordered Maya to be held in state protective custody – away from her mother for 87 days while the allegations were investigated.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• Deputies placed Oakley’s other siblings in protective custody, the new documents state.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
• Neither child was physically harmed, and the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office said they have been placed in protective custody.
  — Dale Morin, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024
• Ward's two children, the toddler who overdosed and another 2-year-old child, were then reportedly placed in protective custody before the mother was booked, per KGW.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
• Police took the baby into protective custody, and the boy was eventually released into the custody of his mother.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
• Police are then able to take the individual into protective custody and request a mental health check.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
• Still, Maya was taken out of her parents’ care and placed under protective custody, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 20 June 2023
• Franke’s two teenage girls were later taken into protective custody at the family’s home in Springville, where neighbors allege the mother would often leave them for weeks on end without proper care.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Advertisement Waxahachie police said about 10 p.m. Saturday that the girl was safe and in protective custody.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 16 July 2023
• Ciampa also said the boy’s siblings were in protective custody as the homicide investigation continues.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
• The South Carolina Department of Corrections made the protective custody decision, but the designation will be reviewed in 90 days.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2023
• All eight children had reportedly been listed in records as abducted with protective custody warrants issued for their safety.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
• The children were taken into protective custody and transported to a hospital for medical treatment.
  — Raja Razek, CNN, 27 May 2023
• The man’s other sons, ages 8 and 4, from a previous relationship had been visiting for the weekend and were also taken into protective custody before being released to their mom, officers said.
  — Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
• Murdaugh, who as of March 31 was being held in a statewide protective custody unit of an undisclosed South Carolina maximum-security prison, has always maintained his innocence.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
• A week later then-Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced an investigation into Noah's death and said that the child lived with his parents and three siblings, who were taken into protective custody, the station reported.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024