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

The arrests prompted a series of protests outside the detention center and led to Monday morning's hearing. — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Five were driven to ICE’s field office in Centennial, only to be driven back to the Aurora detention center and re-arrested, one by one. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026

But bond allows Siemionkowicz to fight her immigration legal battle from outside the walls of a detention center and at home with her family. — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Because of swift action by her daughter, lawyers intervened before she was sent to a detention center. — Glenn Formica, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for detention center

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