protective custody
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The children were taken into protective custody by county social workers after Aurora was hospitalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
An administrative official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that the chief minister had been placed in "protective custody" in his official residence but later moved to another location, which he did not disclose.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
He narrowly escaped and was placed under protective custody.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Now he’d be sent to the hospital, stitched up, placed in protective custody, and sent to another prison.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025
Helmuth tells them what Hugo had said, that Brother Worbs was denounced by someone who heard him criticize the Nazis, and now he was taken into protective custody.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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