detention centrenoun [ C ]
UK US detention center uk/dɪˈten.ʃən ˌsen.tər/us/dɪˈten.ʃən ˌsen.t̬ɚ/a type of prison where young people can be kept for short periods of time
a place where people who have entered a country without the necessary documents can be kept for short periods of time
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Prisons & parts of prisons
- approved school
- Bastille
- boot camp
- borstal
- brig
- clink
- halfway house
- HMP
- house of correction
- jail
- jailer
- matron
- prison camp
- protective custody
- remand centre
- screw
- seclusion room
- slop
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
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