detention facility
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Amid statues and posters of the Virgen de Guadalupe was a rosary that a man had made of hardened bread during his months in an immigration detention facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
An FBI criminal complaint said he had freely admitted his involvement when he was questioned by a police officer in a Libyan detention facility in 2012.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Protesters descended on Delaney Hall, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, N.J., this weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 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
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
