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
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Simpson joined a street gang as a teen and was briefly incarcerated at a juvenile detention center.
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Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Construction has not yet started on what could become the world’s tallest jail, a 300-foot-tall tower on a site in Manhattan’s Chinatown where the remnants of a former detention center still stand.
—Mable Chan, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
When minors face adult prosecution, they could be held at a juvenile detention center or in a jail for adults.
—Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
Several days after the investigation began, Slay resigned from his job at the detention center.
—Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Feb. 2024
The detention center’s medical director announced that staff on Monday began testing all residents who were symptomatic with gastrointestinal illness.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024
That area is separate from Guantanamo Bay's detention center, the post-9/11 military prison where the U.S. still holds several dozen terrorism suspects.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
Renny Mobley, who was housed at the Uptown detention center on East Fourth Street, was found unresponsive in his housing unit just before 5 a.m., the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
The same day that legislators approved the settlement, the team building that detention center announced that everything is on schedule for its opening about two years from now.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Construction has not yet started on what could become the world’s tallest jail, a 300-foot-tall tower on a site in Manhattan’s Chinatown where the remnants of a former detention center still stand.
—Mable Chan, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
When minors face adult prosecution, they could be held at a juvenile detention center or in a jail for adults.
—Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
Several days after the investigation began, Slay resigned from his job at the detention center.
—Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Feb. 2024
The detention center’s medical director announced that staff on Monday began testing all residents who were symptomatic with gastrointestinal illness.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024
That area is separate from Guantanamo Bay's detention center, the post-9/11 military prison where the U.S. still holds several dozen terrorism suspects.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
Renny Mobley, who was housed at the Uptown detention center on East Fourth Street, was found unresponsive in his housing unit just before 5 a.m., the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
The same day that legislators approved the settlement, the team building that detention center announced that everything is on schedule for its opening about two years from now.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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