detention center

American  

[dih-ten-shuhn sen-ter] / dɪˈtɛn ʃən ˌsɛn tər /

noun

1. a facility maintained by the civil authorities for persons charged with a crime, immigrants awaiting deportation rulings, or sometimes witnesses before a trial.

2. juvenile detention center.

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Etymology

Origin of detention center

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which plans to convert it into a detention center for immigrants awaiting deportation.

From The Wall Street Journal

That includes Hutchins, Texas, near Dallas, which was expecting a 9,000-person detention center until the warehouse owner, Majestic Realty, said last month that it wouldn’t sell to ICE, though it declined to say why.

From The Wall Street Journal

Oakwood also doesn’t have the sewer and water capacity for a 9,000-person detention center, said White.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said he hasn’t been able to get concrete answers from ICE about its plans for a detention center.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maduro and his wife have yet to make an application for bail and have been held in a Brooklyn's federal Metropolitan Detention Center.

From BBC