detainee
Example Sentences
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Cook told me this while on his way to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building where some detainees are being held, maybe.
From Los Angeles Times
Judges have also issued specific orders to the government not to leave released detainees outside in dangerously cold temperatures, and signaled unease about the nature of some of the arrests that have taken place.
Most detainees were found guilty of vice, immigration or traffic convictions.
From Los Angeles Times
The detainees have been emboldened by the changes beyond the wire, she says.
From BBC
The surge of immigration detention flights at Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport spurred plane spotter Nick Benson to shift from tracking rare and unusual aircraft to cataloging the removal of detainees from Minnesota.
From Barron's
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