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detention

[dih-ten-shuhn] / dɪˈtɛn ʃən /


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After the lawsuit was filed, GEO Group denied its allegations and said cleaning products are used safely and securely, in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidelines and sanitation standards, at all detention centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

She added that his age should not have spared him from a youth detention centre.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Her lawyers have proposed she be held under home detention with 24-hour armed surveillance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“This loosening of guidelines, combined with scaled-up immigration enforcement, has resulted in the detention of thousands of parents, many of whose minor children are U.S. citizens,” a recent analysis by the Migration Policy Institute concluded.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

She didn't want to be here for detention ever again.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

On the eve of the election, Zambia's Human Rights Commission said it was "actively monitoring arrests and detentions involving political candidates, supporters, journalists and other actors".

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Over the course of months, investigators made a couple of detentions and conducted a few searches as the Guthrie family made a series of emotional pleas to the kidnappers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

On Instagram, Sakhi posted photos and videos of police assaults and detentions alongside reels mocking officers standing beside them.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Independence Day celebrations by carrying out detentions and house arrests, the American Embassy in Havana said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

But by lunchtime, everyone was whispering about Edna and Jamie’s troubles: a week’s worth of detentions and sacked from Sunshine Buddies.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina




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