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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Norland Guzman Fuentes, 37, of El Salvador, was killed in the attack and Venezuelan detainee Jose Andres Bordones-Molina was also injured in the shooting, treated for his injuries and later transferred to a detention center.
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Even so, Uriostegui Rios was flown from a detention center in Louisiana to Texas on November 11, where her attorneys say she was taken across the border to Mexico without money, her daily medications or a cell phone.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
In one, a 45-year-old man who died in Kishon detention center, Mohammad Husein Ali, showed multiple signs of physical assault, likely causing brain bleed, according to the report.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
The letter alleges Adair’s death happened after Fatherley violated Adair’s constitutional rights and claims the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office failed to properly train its employees in the detention center.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Nov. 2025
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Even so, Uriostegui Rios was flown from a detention center in Louisiana to Texas on November 11, where her attorneys say she was taken across the border to Mexico without money, her daily medications or a cell phone.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
In one, a 45-year-old man who died in Kishon detention center, Mohammad Husein Ali, showed multiple signs of physical assault, likely causing brain bleed, according to the report.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
The letter alleges Adair’s death happened after Fatherley violated Adair’s constitutional rights and claims the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office failed to properly train its employees in the detention center.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Nov. 2025
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 27 Nov. 2025.
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