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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Both have pleaded not guilty and remain jailed at a Brooklyn detention center.
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ABC News, 14 May 2026
Social Circle says the detention center would place undue strain on the city's already limited water and sewage capacity, and could lead to water shortages and sewage overflows for its residents.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 14 May 2026
LoPresti said no effort had been made to alert the county or other local governments about the detention center project — first reported by San José Spotlight — on land dedicated to agriculture, warehouses and greenhouses.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Caceres, her son and Rojas were taken to a detention center where the adults were separated from each other.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
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ABC News, 14 May 2026
Social Circle says the detention center would place undue strain on the city's already limited water and sewage capacity, and could lead to water shortages and sewage overflows for its residents.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 14 May 2026
LoPresti said no effort had been made to alert the county or other local governments about the detention center project — first reported by San José Spotlight — on land dedicated to agriculture, warehouses and greenhouses.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Caceres, her son and Rojas were taken to a detention center where the adults were separated from each other.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for detention center
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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