detention facility

Example Sentences

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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

By the time I arrived, the scene outside Delaney Hall, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, had become quiet.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

It showed him visiting a detention facility at the port of Ashdod where the activists are being held.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Four were released on bond, and one remains in an ICE detention facility.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Wes went back to school immediately after leaving the juvenile detention facility, the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore