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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Miami-Dade officials did not immediately respond to inquiries into whether they have been involved in discussions to use the facility as a detention center.
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Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Which is more appalling: Immigration authorities putting a Milford teen in a detention center, or Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey using him as a political prop in a PR war?
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
Bautista-Reyes and Pineda-Mogollon and two other men busted out of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark during reports of disorder there by breaking through a wall and escaping from a parking lot, according to U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, and Homeland Security officials.
—Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
After Maria was detained by ICE, her daughters received a call on Wednesday, June 11, that she had been sent from a detention center in Texas to Mexico, WCJB reported.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 17 June 2025
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Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Which is more appalling: Immigration authorities putting a Milford teen in a detention center, or Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey using him as a political prop in a PR war?
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
Bautista-Reyes and Pineda-Mogollon and two other men busted out of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark during reports of disorder there by breaking through a wall and escaping from a parking lot, according to U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, and Homeland Security officials.
—Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
After Maria was detained by ICE, her daughters received a call on Wednesday, June 11, that she had been sent from a detention center in Texas to Mexico, WCJB reported.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 17 June 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 2 Jul. 2025.
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