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

Examples of detention center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2018, reporters visited the Ursula detention center in South Texas, an old warehouse housing hundreds of children in a series of cages bound by metal fencing. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

He is currently being held in a federal pretrial detention center after a judge made an order in June remanding him to federal custody. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Internal reviews of the death of Chaofeng Ge found multiple policy violations and missteps by staff at an immigration detention center run by the Geo Group. — Ted Hesson, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026

Two juveniles assaulted an employee at a Cabarrus County detention center, stole his keys and trapped him in a room before releasing other inmates, state officials confirmed. — Nora O’Neill 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for detention center

• experimenter
• centre
• enter
• renter
• stentor
• dissenter
• frequenter
• indenter
• inventor
• precentor
• preventer
• tormentor