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

Examples of detention center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Marsh is being held at the federal detention center in Miami as of Tuesday afternoon. —Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024

After his release from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, Ivan Beda’s wish list included a Quarter Pounder from McDonald’s, a SIM card for his cellphone, a new pair of sneakers, t-shirts and underwear. —Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 June 2024

This six-part limited series centers on an Australian immigration detention center, where runaway flight attendant Sofie (Yvonne Strahovski) is unlawfully being kept. —Kevin Jacobsen and Sarah Perchikoff, EW.com, 21 May 2024

All three of the teens were arrested with the 19-year-old and 18-year-old being booked into the Ada County Jail and the 16-year-old taken to the county’s juvenile detention center, according to the release. —Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 24 May 2024

Siebert pleaded guilty first, and was sentenced to three years in a juvenile detention center plus seven more years in state prison. —Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 21 May 2024

The Brazilian film, based on a screenplay by Caetano and Gabriel Domingues, centers on 18-year-old Wellington, who has been released from a juvenile detention center. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 May 2024

Lior Akerman was the first Shin Bet investigator to interrogate Amir at the detention center where he was being held after the assassination. —Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024

The post is correct that Biden campaigned in 2020 on a promise to shut down the detention center, which has not happened. —Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024