detention centre

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

Example Sentences

He was held at the airport for five days despite family appeals, before being moved to a Clay County detention centre in Indiana.

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The woman, who did not have valid documents to stay in India, had been sent to a foreigners' detention centre along with her daughters.

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Records show that he is being jailed at an immigration detention centre near the city of Des Moines.

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Vladimir Plahotniuc, 59, was flown from Athens to Chisinau on Thursday morning and then taken to a detention centre in Moldova's capital, local officials said.

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Two detainees have died and another is critically injured after a suspected sniper opened fire at an immigration detention centre in Dallas, Texas, officials say.

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