detention center
Example Sentences
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A.S. was released from the detention center last month still limping and in pain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Over the weekend, a Salvadoran immigrant being held at the notorious Delaney Hall detention center in New Jersey died after experiencing a medical emergency, the second death the facility has seen since December.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
The sign around her neck carried the name and photo of Francisco Gaspar-Andrés, a 48-year-old who died in a Texas detention center in December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Separate from the aid tent, protests at the facility persist, with a grassroots group of activists maintaining a mutual aid table of their own near the detention center.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Beside her walked the guard who had arrived to escort Cole back to the detention center.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
