in detention
idiom
: in a prison or similar place
Dozens of protesters were held/kept in detention for six hours.
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More than 7,600 people have been arrested in the West Bank since Oct. 7, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, including people who remain currently in detention and people who were later released.
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NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Some of the Guantánamo detainees seemed to him to have landed in detention through a mix of bad luck and bad information.
—Tamara Audi, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Concerns continue in detention centers under the Biden administration, with detainees in Louisiana last year telling NBC News about the threat and use of solitary confinement as punishment.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
He was released from house arrest last year after months in detention.
—Amar Nadhir, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
The bill would increase funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to support roughly 42,000 beds in detention facilities, and would fund 22,000 Border Patrol agents.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
The men were convicted of causing destruction and damage to the painting, as well as public violence, a spokesperson for The Hague Court of Appeal told CNN, adding that the protestors spent 23 days in detention before the trial.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Ba, 40, was deported from the U.S. with 131 compatriots in September after two months in detention, but thousands of other Senegalese have gained a foothold in America.
—Baba Ahmed, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2024
Those found not to be involved in terrorist activity are sent back to Gaza, the military has said, and those who remain in detention are treated in accordance with Israeli law.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
Some of the Guantánamo detainees seemed to him to have landed in detention through a mix of bad luck and bad information.
—Tamara Audi, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Concerns continue in detention centers under the Biden administration, with detainees in Louisiana last year telling NBC News about the threat and use of solitary confinement as punishment.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
He was released from house arrest last year after months in detention.
—Amar Nadhir, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
The bill would increase funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to support roughly 42,000 beds in detention facilities, and would fund 22,000 Border Patrol agents.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
The men were convicted of causing destruction and damage to the painting, as well as public violence, a spokesperson for The Hague Court of Appeal told CNN, adding that the protestors spent 23 days in detention before the trial.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Ba, 40, was deported from the U.S. with 131 compatriots in September after two months in detention, but thousands of other Senegalese have gained a foothold in America.
—Baba Ahmed, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2024
Those found not to be involved in terrorist activity are sent back to Gaza, the military has said, and those who remain in detention are treated in accordance with Israeli law.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
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“In detention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20detention. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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