juvenile detention center
[ joo-vuh-nl di-ten-shuhn sen-ter, ‐nahyl ]
noun
a correctional facility for juvenile offenders or delinquents, often under the supervision of a juvenile court.
Origin of juvenile detention center
1First recorded in 1945–50
- Also called de·ten·tion home, ju·ve·nile de·ten·tion lock·up, ju·ve·nile cor·rec·tion·al fa·cil·i·ty, ju·ve·nile cor·rec·tion·al cen·ter, youth de·ten·tion cen·ter .
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How to use juvenile detention center in a sentence
Davenport oversees the juvenile detention center and appointed its director.
Outrage Grows Over Jailing of Children as Tennessee University Cuts Ties With Judge Involved | by Meribah Knight, Nashville Public Radio, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica | October 13, 2021 | ProPublicaCouch was not sentenced to an iota of time in a juvenile detention center or prison.
He astonished his followers days later by washing and kissing the feet of inmates at a juvenile-detention center in Rome.
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