detention center
Example Sentences
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At least four Mexican nationals have died at the detention center.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The shelter’s oldest resident is an 83-year-old who spent most of his life working in Florida before he was picked up and sent to a detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
The 18 people including Jin in custody for their connections to Zion are currently being held in a detention center in the southern city of Beihai.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The reality is that though one community may succeed in pushing out a detention center, the story doesn’t end there.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
Bobby wrote to the U.S. embassy in Tokyo asking them to send a member of the diplomatic staff to the detention center so that an official could accept his citizenship renunciation.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
