detention center

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Telephone poles covered in fundraising pleas for families whose breadwinners either rotted in faraway detention center or were sent back to their home countries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The mayor of Newark has imposed a curfew around an immigration detention center in New Jersey after a series of intense clashes between protesters and police.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Protesters clashed with US law enforcement outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey, a top US official said Friday, after inmates inside staged a hunger strike over conditions.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

“It’s the only detention center in the country that doesn’t have an indoor waiting area,” she said.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

She informed me that he was in West Street—the federal detention center downtown.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos