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

Many youngsters from the detention home, when their dates came up, went off to the reform school.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

And I dropped over to Mason to see Mrs. Sweriin, the woman at the detention home who had kept me those couple of years.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

And ie told me that the lady in charge of the detention home, a Mrs. Swerlin, and her husband were, very good people.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey