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detention cell

NOUN
drunk tank
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About five minutes later, after he was taken by bailiffs to a nearby detention cell, he began throwing up.

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022

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

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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