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 77,000-square-foot detention center built in 2018 was expanded this year to include interrogation rooms, 30 detention cells, and dormitories for 550 staff members.
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George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
That's how Sara, a museum archivist, finds herself at a detention center where every minor infraction extends the period women must stay there.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year, two teenagers filed a class-action lawsuit against a Kentucky youth detention center and its administrators, claiming that they were subjected to oppressive isolation, denied basic hygiene, showers, and medications, and forced to listen to a toddler song.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
The door opened at the detention center, and a guard entered, escorting a prisoner.
—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
That's how Sara, a museum archivist, finds herself at a detention center where every minor infraction extends the period women must stay there.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year, two teenagers filed a class-action lawsuit against a Kentucky youth detention center and its administrators, claiming that they were subjected to oppressive isolation, denied basic hygiene, showers, and medications, and forced to listen to a toddler song.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
The door opened at the detention center, and a guard entered, escorting a prisoner.
—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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