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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It was made in support of a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Jose that challenges the courthouse arrests in San Francisco, Concord and Sacramento, as well as the conditions in the detention center where San Francisco detainees are held.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
What To Know Over the past two days, over 200 protesters have gathered outside the ICE detention center in the suburbs of Chicago, Broadview Processing Center.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
He was transferred to a detention center in Texas.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
The husband has been transferred to a detention center in New Jersey, Arias said.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
What To Know Over the past two days, over 200 protesters have gathered outside the ICE detention center in the suburbs of Chicago, Broadview Processing Center.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
He was transferred to a detention center in Texas.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
The husband has been transferred to a detention center in New Jersey, Arias said.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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