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Islip

American  
[ahy-slip] / ˈaɪ slɪp /

noun

  1. a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.


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ICE then locked Clarke up at the Central Islip federal courthouse, placing him in a tiny cell designed for one person along with eight other men.

From Slate

Brown also said that ICE refused to provide key details about the holding cell at the Islip courthouse.

From Slate

Brown asked for a photo of the Islip cell, but ICE would not even provide it on the grounds that doing so would “create privacy concerns” for detainees.

From Slate

My family first lived with my father’s parents in Brooklyn before moving to Long Island, N.Y., first to Hicksville then North Babylon and, when I was 5, to West Islip.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, the stretch of highway between Islip Saddle and Vincent Gulch continued to be closed until Friday.

From Los Angeles Times