juvenile detention center

[ joo-vuh-nl di-ten-shuhn sen-ter, ‐nahyl ]

/ ˈdʒu və nl dɪˈtɛn ʃən ˌsɛn tər, ‐ˌnaɪl /

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a correctional facility for juvenile offenders or delinquents, often under the supervision of a juvenile court.

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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 .

Origin of juvenile detention center

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby juvenile detention center

juvenile cataract, juvenile cell, juvenile court, juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent, juvenile detention center, juvenile diabetes, juvenile hormone, juvenile muscular atrophy, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, juvenile officer

How to use juvenile detention center in a sentence

Davenport oversees the juvenile detention center and appointed its director.
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It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.
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The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
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In the center of the river line stood the imposing red sandstone palace of Bahadur Shah, last of the Moguls.
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The artillery and 81st were on the right of the line, the native infantry in the center, and the sowars on the left.
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I travelled first-class on a pass with my father, and great was my juvenile pride.
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The cause of Haggard's mysterious detention in Rome, and of their own sudden flitting, became at once clear to her.
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