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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The detention center is located at 801 East Fourth Street in uptown Charotte.
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 June 2026
Tensions rose once again this weekend outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, after the mayor scaled back local law enforcement.
—Christina Fan, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Video of the incident aired by Israeli media showed soldiers moving a Palestinian detainee to the side of an enclosure of Sde Teiman military base and detention center.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 6 June 2026
According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, FMC Fort Worth is an administrative security federal medical center with a detention center, and that all inmates receive medical, dental and mental health services.
—Maven Navarro
june 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 June 2026
Tensions rose once again this weekend outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, after the mayor scaled back local law enforcement.
—Christina Fan, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Video of the incident aired by Israeli media showed soldiers moving a Palestinian detainee to the side of an enclosure of Sde Teiman military base and detention center.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 6 June 2026
According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, FMC Fort Worth is an administrative security federal medical center with a detention center, and that all inmates receive medical, dental and mental health services.
—Maven Navarro
june 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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