detainee

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For example, it says the facility doesn’t provide headphones for tablets, making private phone calls — including privileged calls with attorneys — impossible unless the detainee can afford to purchase headphones from the commissary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

The properties largely weren’t zoned for detention and didn’t have working plumbing to support large detainee populations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

At one point, Levin said, he saw a detainee using a tablet and asked how it works.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AFP that the detainee was Ramagem -- who is listed as being in ICE custody on the website of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The detainee who is wise enough to realize this will never find any cause for complaint, but only all conceivable help, to erase the memory of what he had been accused of.

From My Life and My Efforts by Olesch, Gunther