detention cell
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CBP also began using some of the detention cell space inside the courthouse — jail cells normally run by the Marshals Service — to detain and question suspects, according to officials familiar with the matter.
From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2020
Resistance guests will be thrown into a detention cell where they could run up against Kylo Ren.
From Washington Times • Feb. 28, 2019
She passed the time in her detention cell reading the Harry Potter series, and said she marked each day by scratching a mark on her wall.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2018
Choi Gap-bok became infamous in South Korea after escaping a detention cell in Daegu province in 2012.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2018
The last time he had felt like this was back in his small detention cell.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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