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

Located off Statesville Road north of uptown, Jail North was a juvenile detention center from 2020 to 2022 before staffing problems forced its closure. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026

Critical Response Strategies is one of the private contractors that was hired by the state to provide guards to oversee the detention center. — Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent stands near Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on in Newark, New Jersey, on May 26, 2026. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Dining unfolds in the former detention center, where the accused were held before trial—a grand building accessed via a zigzag of white pathways surrounded by flowers. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

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