detention center
Example Sentences
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In Mississippi, volunteers rushed to the detention center where Velasquez was being held and got his signature, too.
From Salon
Kendra Duggar was booked into the Washington County Detention Center on March 20 and released on a $1,470 bond the same day.
From Los Angeles Times
Detained in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison known for unsanitary conditions, Maduro is alone in a cell, with no access to the internet or newspapers.
From Barron's
But, Carlos said by phone from the detention center, “I have my moments where I don’t know how much longer I can last.”
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
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