detention center

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"Our priority is to get her out of this detention center and repatriate her to France. Given her health, she won't last a month in such conditions of detention," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

It also includes a massive detention center to be built in New Hampshire that can hold tens of thousands of detainees.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

That includes Hutchins, Texas, near Dallas, which was expecting a 9,000-person detention center until the warehouse owner, Majestic Realty, said last month that it wouldn’t sell to ICE, though it declined to say why.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The shelter’s oldest resident is an 83-year-old who spent most of his life working in Florida before he was picked up and sent to a detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

After Garvey left the detention center that day, Cole jabbed his fist into the air. he exclaimed.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen