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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In its request to the Supreme Court, the ACLU cited an NBC News report that revealed that buses carrying migrants from a detention center in Texas to an airport turned around on Friday amid fast-moving legal activity.
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Ashley Oliver, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2025
Despite local opposition, state lawmakers anticipate that CoreCivic will eventually succeed in reopening the detention center.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
The group, which has sought to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act in cases across the country, raced to file a lawsuit on Wednesday in Federal District Court in Abilene, Texas, on behalf of two Venezuelans at the detention center.
—Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
The decision paused the removal of over 50 Venezuelan migrants from a Texas detention center after reports that some had already been loaded onto buses.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
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Ashley Oliver, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2025
Despite local opposition, state lawmakers anticipate that CoreCivic will eventually succeed in reopening the detention center.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
The group, which has sought to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act in cases across the country, raced to file a lawsuit on Wednesday in Federal District Court in Abilene, Texas, on behalf of two Venezuelans at the detention center.
—Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
The decision paused the removal of over 50 Venezuelan migrants from a Texas detention center after reports that some had already been loaded onto buses.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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