in detention
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: in a prison or similar place
Dozens of protesters were held/kept in detention for six hours.
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That new 72-hour standard applies only to hold rooms inside ICE field offices, administrative spaces where immigrants have check-ins and interviews – but not in detention centers like Krome, which are built to keep large numbers of detainees in custody.
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Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
During her first month in detention, as Acosta Peña was moved among jails in Indiana, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, she was dressed in blue.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
American social media influencer Ethan Guo has been released from a Chilean military base in Antarctica after spending two months in detention following an unauthorized landing.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
His sentence was commuted to a year by the king and he was released on parole after six months in detention.
—Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
During her first month in detention, as Acosta Peña was moved among jails in Indiana, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, she was dressed in blue.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
American social media influencer Ethan Guo has been released from a Chilean military base in Antarctica after spending two months in detention following an unauthorized landing.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
His sentence was commuted to a year by the king and he was released on parole after six months in detention.
—Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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“In detention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20detention. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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