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

Carrasco, who doesn't have a removal order or criminal convictions, was sent to a detention center in Louisiana and has been detained since. —ABC News, 12 June 2026

At Dilley, the main federal immigration detention center for holding families and children, Alsu said she was forced to wean her son off formula and then not given solid food options appropriate for a 1-year-old, according to the report. —Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026

Kelati is being held in the Platte County Jail, according to the detention center’s inmate listing. —Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026

The internally handled calls documenting how the detention center resolved concerns relayed by 911 dispatchers were not available to the Herald. —Miami Herald, 11 June 2026

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