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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How Indianapolis Motor Speedway responded to 'Speedway Slammer' Penske Entertainment, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, isn't happy with Homeland Security's use of an IndyCar chassis in imagery announcing the plan to house ICE detainees in an Indiana detention center.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 7 Aug. 2025
The lawsuits were being heard as Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ′ administration apparently was preparing to build a second immigration detention center at a Florida National Guard training center in north Florida.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
Boulos, a lawful permanent resident who was born in New York but renounced his U.S. citizenship several years ago, was arrested on July 17 in Palm Beach County on an immigration violation charge and is being held at the Krome detention center.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 July 2025
But Jeff Brandes, a former Republican state senator and think tank founder, said there are prisons and airports all over the state that are more suitable locations for detainees than Florida’s new detention center in Ochopee, 44 miles west of Naples.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 7 Aug. 2025
The lawsuits were being heard as Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ′ administration apparently was preparing to build a second immigration detention center at a Florida National Guard training center in north Florida.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
Boulos, a lawful permanent resident who was born in New York but renounced his U.S. citizenship several years ago, was arrested on July 17 in Palm Beach County on an immigration violation charge and is being held at the Krome detention center.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 July 2025
But Jeff Brandes, a former Republican state senator and think tank founder, said there are prisons and airports all over the state that are more suitable locations for detainees than Florida’s new detention center in Ochopee, 44 miles west of Naples.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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