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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The deaths of Pretti, Renee Good two weeks earlier and more and more people on the streets and in detention facilities are the logical outcome of what happens when Miller is in charge of anything.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Maher remains in detention at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Their fate, as well as the suffering of their families, is similar to that experienced by others in detention.
—Camilla Schick, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
By the summer, with the White House pressuring ICE to arrest some three thousand people a day, the population in detention nationwide was growing.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Maher remains in detention at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
Their fate, as well as the suffering of their families, is similar to that experienced by others in detention.
—Camilla Schick, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
By the summer, with the White House pressuring ICE to arrest some three thousand people a day, the population in detention nationwide was growing.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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“In detention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20detention. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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