protective custody
Example Sentences
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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
Mr De Wet will be taken into protective custody until the end of the trial.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
Six other children who were temporarily away from the home at the time have since been taken into protective custody by the Department of Children and Family Services and placed into foster care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
Half of the inmates in the Box, as it turned out—all thirty on the upper floor—were not disciplinary cases but men under protective custody, of which there were two kinds.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
