detention home
Example Sentences
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Emile Griffith grew up as a man-child at a boys’ detention home in the Virgin Islands.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2012
For Larry's own safety, he had to be kept in the detention home, even on Christmas Day.
From Time Magazine Archive
He worked somewhere else, but he stayed there at the detention home on he weekends with Lucille.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
But first I was going to the detention home.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
No ward of the detention home had ever gone to school there, at least while still a ward.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
