Definition of detainee
: a person held in custody especially for political reasons
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Also at issue in court was the Trump administration’s position on detainee transfers.
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Contra Costa County will sever a contract to house immigration detainees in its West County Detention Facility in Richmond after months of protests, according to immigration officials who were informed of the decision this week.
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Cook County Jail detainees discuss their experiences with opioid relapse.
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In Alexandria, Virginia, a board overseeing the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center voted this week to end its contract to house federal immigration detainees, bowing to public pressure.
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In Alexandria, Virginia, a board overseeing the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center voted this week to end its contract to house federal immigration detainees, bowing to public pressure.
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Anne Arundel, Frederick, Howard and Worcester counties have agreed to hold hundreds of immigration detainees.
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Trump Thinks Thousands of Detained, Traumatized Immigrant Kids Are a Great Bargaining Chip Leon Neal As the government rushes to build camps to house child detainees, Trump pretends it's everyone else's fault.
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The phone is a direct connection to the prison at Bagram, north of Kabul, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to connect Afghan families to thousands of detainees.
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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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