detention
Example Sentences
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Tommy Schaefer, 32, was released last week from prison on the island of Bali and moved to an immigration detention facility there on Friday.
From Barron's
Federal defense attorneys have filed motions to dismiss indictments, citing difficulties accessing their clients in immigration detention centers and, in at least one case, struggling to locate them at all.
From Los Angeles Times
The former trainer claimed ICE has cut 240 hours of lessons from a 584-hour program, which he said meant dispensing with classes about firearm safety, lawful arrests, proper detention and the limits to officers’ authority.
Fawaz has been held in detention centres twice and faced deportation threats.
From BBC
The U.S. military moved some 5,700 Islamic State-affiliated prisoners from detention at a network of camps in Syria to Iraq after the government takeover of the northeast in January.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
