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 detention center was opened July 3, 2025, and closed on June 25. — Gisela Salomon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Immigrants held there and their families have long described the facility as a detention center where complaints were met with beatings, meager meals and inhuman treatment. — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

The challenges have stalled all three detention center plans while the government studies their potential effects. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Borges de Moraes said he is being detained at an ICE detention center in Rio Grande, Texas. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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