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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The city of Mason, near Memphis, on Aug. 10 approved a new ICE detention center that will be run by CoreCivic.
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Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Fort Bliss’ new detention center will hold up to 5,000 criminal aliens until they’re sent home.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2025
Plaintiffs initially tried to tie the case to the Southern District of Florida by relying on the federal defendants based in Miami, rather than the state defendants who oversee running the detention center in the Everglades.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2025
DeSantis justified building the second detention center by saying President Donald Trump’s administration needs the additional capacity to hold and deport more immigrants.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
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Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Fort Bliss’ new detention center will hold up to 5,000 criminal aliens until they’re sent home.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2025
Plaintiffs initially tried to tie the case to the Southern District of Florida by relying on the federal defendants based in Miami, rather than the state defendants who oversee running the detention center in the Everglades.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2025
DeSantis justified building the second detention center by saying President Donald Trump’s administration needs the additional capacity to hold and deport more immigrants.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 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 31 Aug. 2025.
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