detention facility

Example Sentences

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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

"Deisy is out of the detention facility and we're going home today," he said.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

It decried federal immigration raids and posted about a toddler who nearly died at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 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