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

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They are being held at a family immigration detention center in Texas. Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025 Soliman’s family is being held at an immigration detention center in Texas, according to one of their attorneys. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 June 2025 The migrant’s attorney, Stephen Manning, of Immigrant Law Group, told OPB that O-J-M was processed into the Tacoma detention center, but he had not been granted access to her since her transfer. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025 Abarca was booked into and then bonded out of Johnson County’s detention center, and his toddler son was safely reunited with Alexis Garcia, the boy’s mother whom the court had granted full custody. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for detention center

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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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