detention center
Example Sentences
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Two guards at a nearby immigration detention center said they frequently see detainees come in still wearing dusty work clothes from construction jobsites.
Protests have erupted over bugs being found in the detention center's food, W said, while lights are kept on 24 hours a day, making it difficult to sleep.
From Barron's
His remarks coincided with a student walkout, with teen protesters converging on the Metropolitan Detention Center about a mile away.
From Los Angeles Times
After we were taken to the Dilley detention center, my husband was held in a separate area from my daughter and me.
From Slate
Putting a 5-year-old in a detention center generates images that no public-relations expert can spin away.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
