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

Elder Chavez Carranza has spent the last nine months at a detention center. — Rebecca Gelpi-Ufret, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Within a month of its opening, the detention center was plagued with multiple lawsuits. — Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

After a multi-year campaign, the town of Leavenworth decided in March to allow the facility to reopen as an immigration detention center. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez will address UNGA more than eight months after the US captured her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, who is currently being held in a Brooklyn detention center. — Adrienne Vogt, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for detention center

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