detention facility

Example Sentences

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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

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

Annie told me that the ICE agents who arrested her and took her to the detention facility were incredibly kind.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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