remand centre

British

noun

(in Britain) an institution to which accused persons are sent for detention while awaiting appearance before a court. Until 1967 remand centres were for young people between 14 and 21 years of age

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"Chelmsford prison is used to handling people who are coming and going because it's mainly a remand centre, and so they should be used to dealing with this."

From BBC

Lawyers for Palacios have asked for his immediate release from Kingston's Horizon Adult Remand Centre, arguing that his detention is unlawful, she said.

From Reuters

Roman had written it from a remand centre, before he was transferred to the penal colony.

From BBC

But from the moment he was sent to a remand centre, he realised just how tough his new environment would be.

From BBC

Now his trial was under way he is being accommodated in a "lower security remand centre".

From BBC

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023