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detention center

[dih-ten-shuhn sen-ter]

noun

  1. a facility maintained by the civil authorities for persons charged with a crime, immigrants awaiting deportation rulings, or sometimes witnesses before a trial.

  2. juvenile detention center.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of detention center1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Franchesca Olivas drove two hours alone from Hemet to attend the anti-ICE demonstration this week outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles.

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Priscilla Ramos spent her first day of protesting in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center this week, where Marines were expected to arrive.

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De Jesus said he called the Metropolitan Detention Center and identified himself as an attorney wishing to speak with his client, but he was told attorneys were not allowed to see their clients at the moment.

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House representatives at the Los Angeles federal detention center on Saturday and three representatives to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Adelanto on Sunday.

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In the case of Rep. McIver, she—unlike the Capitol rioters—had the right to be at the detention center where she was arrested, so it may in fact have been the officers who pushed her out who used illegal force.

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