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

All three were detained at the National Police headquarters detention center, Safrudin said. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

The Indiana detention center has become an increasingly likely destination for people processed through Chicago-area ICE facilities, as there are no immigration detention centers in Illinois. — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Later that day, CI contacted the person in custody at the detention center and confirmed that Mfundu had the papers, according to court documents. — Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

The city’s other juvenile detention center, Crossroads, is located in Brooklyn. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026

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