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

Their images are blurred by the low-resolution cameras on the detention center’s tablets. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026

One 16-year-old suspect was transported to a juvenile detention center, while the four adults were taken to the Frederick County Adult Detention Center. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Before Jarquín's asylum case was rejected by a Louisiana court in July, Sallent said he was held in Alligator Alcatraz, the Florida immigration detention center in the Everglades plagued by reports of harsh conditions. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Federal authorities released Ho Yin Mo, a district employee for Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, D-San Francisco, from an immigration detention center in Nevada after around two weeks in custody, the lawmaker announced on Friday. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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