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 Alexander brothers are being held in a Brooklyn federal detention center without bond.
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Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
He was detained at a detention center until he was transferred to Guantanamo.
ABC News spoke with Jose and another Guantanamo detainee, Jhoan Bastidas Paz, in Spanish, and reviewed court testimonies from three other detainees about their experience on the naval base before they were released.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Officers at the detention center had been asked to prepare for up to 120 new bookings from the weekend raids, my colleagues report.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
The estimate by the American Immigration Council said a small existing Guantanamo Bay detention center used to house Cuban and Haitian migrants intercepted at sea costs more than $270,000 a bed per person annually, compared to an average of about $58,00 annually within the United States.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
He was detained at a detention center until he was transferred to Guantanamo.
ABC News spoke with Jose and another Guantanamo detainee, Jhoan Bastidas Paz, in Spanish, and reviewed court testimonies from three other detainees about their experience on the naval base before they were released.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Officers at the detention center had been asked to prepare for up to 120 new bookings from the weekend raids, my colleagues report.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
The estimate by the American Immigration Council said a small existing Guantanamo Bay detention center used to house Cuban and Haitian migrants intercepted at sea costs more than $270,000 a bed per person annually, compared to an average of about $58,00 annually within the United States.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Detention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detention%20center. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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