remand home

American  

[ri-mand hohm] / rɪˈmænd ˌhoʊm /

noun

British.

1. a juvenile detention center for offenders 8–14 years old.

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remand home British  

noun

1. (no longer in technical use) an institution to which juvenile offenders between 8 and 14 years may be remanded or committed for detention See also community home

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Etymology

Origin of remand home

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Soliciting was - and still is - illegal in India and these women would be arrested and sent to the remand home because they were too poor to pay the bail.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2016

When he was brought to the remand home on 18 December 2012 the teenager was suffering from trauma and underwent surgery to remove his appendix at a government hospital a week later, the official said.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2015

When the boys decided to challenge the ruling at the European Court of Human Rights, I stopped representing Venables. Until then, I used to visit him at his remand home.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2014

Akshay Khanna & Vidya Balan star in this emotional heartrending story of how a struggling director transforms a rebel inmate of a remand home.

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