How to Use detention center in a Sentence

detention center

noun
  • He will be held in a youth detention center.
    — CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Where the rest of the detention center is sparse, his office is stuffed.
    — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • It was built in a way that nobody would build a detention center today.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The teen is being held at a youth detention center, police said.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 26 Feb. 2023
  • He was transferred to a detention center in Texas.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • There is a lot on the line for the county detention center and its employees.
    — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • They were taken to a detention center in Texas.
    — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Rodriguez had to stay overnight in an airport detention center, where her dog was not allowed.
    — Kelly Yamanouchi The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), al, 28 Aug. 2023
  • As for his bare arms, he’d been asked to return the jacket lent to him by the detention center during his stay.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Damari spent 21 days locked up in a juvenile detention center and was kicked out of school.
    — Sammy Caiola, NPR, 4 June 2024
  • Coyer had been in the detention center since May 24 of last year.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 15 Feb. 2023
  • During the day, a small and peaceful protest occurred at the detention center.
    — Sue Ambrose, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Mack would get into trouble just so the police would take him to a local youth detention center.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
  • If they are not connected with an adult, youth will be sent to the juvenile detention center.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 June 2026
  • The threat of a detention center has led to wide-spread concern among many Gilroy residents.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Maia was not allowed to stay with her at the detention center, Rodriguez said.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Adding to the tangle is an agent who might or might not be to blame, and might or might not be in a Chinese detention center.
    — Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 10 May 2025
  • While waiting for those court proceedings, many minors are stuck, locked up in the detention center for months.
    — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Both have pleaded not guilty and remain jailed at a Brooklyn detention center.
    — ABC News, 14 May 2026
  • Both men remain detained at the Krome detention center.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Manuel’s months in a federal detention center began when his brother’s dog got loose.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
  • According to the chief deputy, the 10-year-old has been sentenced to two years at a youth detention center.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
  • Activists have claimed that the detention center is intended to break the morale and spirits of its detainees.
    — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Song is believed to have spent the night after the attack hiding in the woods near the detention center, the complaint said.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
  • When the detention center opened, family and friends were mostly in the dark about where detainees were being held.
    — Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, the detention center became an example of what could go wrong.
    — Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 3 July 2026
  • Both remain jailed at a detention center in Brooklyn, and neither has asked to be released on bail.
    — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Her family was also detained, and they were all sent to a detention center in Texas.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
  • All detention center contracts will require Mullin's approval, by virtue of their size.
    — Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Both have remained jailed at a Brooklyn detention center, and neither has asked to be released on bail.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

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