detention home
Example Sentences
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Emile Griffith grew up as a man-child at a boys’ detention home in the Virgin Islands.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2012
For Larry's own safety, he had to be kept in the detention home, even on Christmas Day.
From Time Magazine Archive
No ward of the detention home had ever gone to school there, at least while still a ward.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Many youngsters from the detention home, when their dates came up, went off to the reform school.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
“Maybe they put him in a detention home or something.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
