detention cell

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Its immigration system has also been roiled by the death in March of an emaciated Sri Lankan migrant in a detention cell.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2021

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