detention facility
Example Sentences
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Protests erupted last month outside an immigrant detention facility in New Jersey after detainees launched a hunger and labor strike over what they called inhumane conditions such as rotten food and medical neglect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
By the time I arrived, the scene outside Delaney Hall, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, had become quiet.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
It showed him visiting a detention facility at the port of Ashdod where the activists are being held.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
In letters written to the BBC from inside a detention facility, Davies says he was captured by Russian forces after being seriously injured on the front line.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Wes went back to school immediately after leaving the juvenile detention facility, the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
