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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Granko Arteaga is frequently linked to El Helicoide, the intelligence service’s main detention center in Caracas, which has been widely documented as a site of systematic abuse.
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Sjostrom, in a five-page ruling, wrote that the laws allow access to facilities such as state prisons and county jails — but not to the immigrant-detention center run by the state.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Dozens of constituents have contacted county board members to express their concerns about a possible ICE detention center in the county, officials said.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
She was placed in a van with other detainees and driven three hours north to the detention center in California City.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Sjostrom, in a five-page ruling, wrote that the laws allow access to facilities such as state prisons and county jails — but not to the immigrant-detention center run by the state.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Dozens of constituents have contacted county board members to express their concerns about a possible ICE detention center in the county, officials said.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
She was placed in a van with other detainees and driven three hours north to the detention center in California City.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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