detention centre

noun

1. a place where persons (typically asylum seekers, illegal immigrants, or people awaiting trial) may be detained for short periods by order of a court

Example Sentences

Her clothing was the subject of media fascination and controversy, particularly after she was spotted wearing a jacket with the phrase “I really don’t care, do you?” during a trip to a migrant child detention centre in 2018.

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She was referring to a notorious youth detention centre just outside Darwin, where evidence of abuse - including video of a child wearing a spit hood and shackled to a chair - outraged many in Australia and led to a royal commission inquiry.

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Then, last June, he was transferred to a Moscow detention centre, where he has been detained ever since.

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Mr Combs is currently being held at a detention centre in New York, as he awaits trial on federal criminal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.

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An inquest jury has found "multiple failings" and "missed opportunities" at an immigration detention centre contributed to a Colombian man taking his own life in 2023.

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