juvenile detention center

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

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of juvenile detention center¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Davenport oversees the juvenile detention center and appointed its director.

From ProPublica

Couch was not sentenced to an iota of time in a juvenile detention center or prison.

From The Daily Beast

He astonished his followers days later by washing and kissing the feet of inmates at a juvenile-detention center in Rome.

From The Daily Beast