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 detention center is privately owned and operated for ICE by the GEO Group.
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Nick Lentz, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
By that time, McLeod and Jennings had already moved into their new Wyandotte County house on seven-acres, a former county juvenile detention center that had been renovated into a residential home by the previous owner.
—Eric Adler
april 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
The visitation room at the Aurora detention center is small.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
The family was detained and sent to the Dilley detention center, the only federal immigration facility in the country where parents are detained with their children.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Apr. 2026
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Nick Lentz, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
By that time, McLeod and Jennings had already moved into their new Wyandotte County house on seven-acres, a former county juvenile detention center that had been renovated into a residential home by the previous owner.
—Eric Adler
april 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
The visitation room at the Aurora detention center is small.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
The family was detained and sent to the Dilley detention center, the only federal immigration facility in the country where parents are detained with their children.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Apr. 2026
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 3 May. 2026.
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