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

She becomes an object of fascination for Thomasin McKenzie’s mousy Eileen when she glides into the dreary juvenile detention center where they both work one winter, in Massachusetts 1964.

From Seattle Times

Fewer kids are being held at King County’s juvenile detention center, but those who are there are being held for longer periods, in a facility not designed for long stays and lacking in appropriate support programs, a new auditor’s report found.

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In 1952, King County built a juvenile detention center one block north of Washington Hall.

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The juvenile detention center still looms one block north, standing like a numbed face, an architectural and cultural counterpoint to the expressive life in Washington Hall.

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An employee at Green Hill School, a state juvenile detention center in Chehalis, turned “a blind eye” as a young male assaulted another incarcerated person earlier this year, Lewis County prosecutors said this week.

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