Definition of detainee
: a person held in custody especially for political reasons
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The following day, on Sept. 28, ICE transferred Cruz to the detention facility in Richmond, the only jail that houses ICE detainees in the Bay Area.
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The Vera Institute said approximately 8 in 10 detainees in immigration court face a government prosecutor without a lawyer.
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The Vera Institute said approximately 8 in 10 detainees in immigration court face a government prosecutor without a lawyer.
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The project’s mission is simple: to provide bail for detainees, who often cannot afford even small amounts and get trapped in the system.
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The audit found that the county's jail population increased by 11 percent from 2015 to 2016, driven largely by a marked increase in pretrial detainees, who comprised 71 percent of the total jail population.
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An Army witness later claimed that a senior Afghan police officer told him that the prisoners, including the dead detainee, were innocent.
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The sheriff's office houses hundreds of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement detainees in the facility via a contract with the U.S. Marshals Service.
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The torture of detainees in U.S. custody during the last decade was one of the darkest chapters in American history.
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First Known Use of detainee
circa 1928
DETAINEE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of detainee for English Language Learners
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: a person who is being kept in a prison especially for political reasons : a person who is being detained
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of detainee
: a person who is detained;
especially
: a person held in custody prior to trial or hearing
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