detention
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After being caught on the metro, the former bank worker was held for three days in a detention centre without a shower or change of clothes.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Congressional Democrats sent a letter earlier this month opposing the possibility that it could reopen as an immigrant detention facility.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is suing the GEO Group, the private firm running the ICE detention center, demanding access.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The complaint is being filed on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are currently held in Equatorial Guinea under conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention", according to the lawsuit, seen by AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
When she picked me up after detention, she pulled into the faculty parking lot and turned off the engine.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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