detention centre

British  

noun

1. a place where persons (typically asylum seekers, illegal immigrants, or people awaiting trial) may be detained for short periods by order of a court

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Example Sentences

The teenagers will now be released from the juvenile detention centre where they have been held for more than five months.

From BBC

The couple - both Christian converts from Iran who had applied for asylum in the US - were taken to separate detention centres.

From BBC

Sitting in Rivne's heavily guarded detention centre with his lawyer beside him, he acknowledges that he could have helped kill somebody.

From BBC

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni defended Thursday her controversial migration deal with Albania, vowing the legal hurdles that have delayed the full operation of migrant detention centres outside Italy would soon be overcome.

From Barron's

He became a critic of the Obama administration's national security policies, opposing plans to close the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

From BBC