detention facility

collocation in English

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detention
noun
uk
/dɪˈten.ʃən/us
/dɪˈten.ʃən/
the act of officially ...
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facility
noun
uk
/fəˈsɪl.ə.ti/us
/fəˈsɪl.ə.t̬i/
a place, especially including buildings, where a particular ...
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(Definition ofdetentionandfacilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was made into adetentionfacilityin 1990.
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They get to go back to theirdetentionfacility.
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Thedetentionfacilityspans 135000 sqft and contains 203 cells.
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Under the law, a suspect may be held in detention at either a regulardetentionfacilityor substitute (police)detentionfacilityfor up to 72 hours.
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The girl is at a juveniledetentionfacilityfor problem children and the authorities do not give information about the whereabouts of the boy.
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When it is necessary to hold an individual in custody pending their trial or sentencing, they are usually held at a localdetentionfacility.
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The other woman was charged as a juvenile and committed to a juveniledetentionfacility.
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All of the 30 people on board were taken to adetentionfacilitythere for questioning.
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Thedetentionfacilitywas renovated in 2005 and 2006 under a federal grant.
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This includes the main medium securitydetentionfacilityand a smaller minimum security prison camp.
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In the 1980s the facility was converted into a juveniledetentionfacilityfor males.
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The airfield was converted to adetentionfacility, and it continues to be used for that purpose.
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The daily cost for holding an individual at an immigrationdetentionfacilityis roughly $100 per person.
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The first floor of thedetentionfacilityhas single and double cells on either side of a hallway.
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It was constructed in 1903 and served as adetentionfacilityand offices and living quarters for the county sheriff.
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This mission encompasses functions of courthouse security, civil process, operation ofdetentionfacility, investigations and community patrol.
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He said he spent two more days in adetentionfacilityin the airport after the incident.
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To evade the surveillance of thedetentionfacility, she wrote part of the novel on toilet paper using washbasin as a desk.
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In violation of law, he was judged not in a court house, but in the cell of the temporarydetentionfacility.
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It is reportedly used as adetentionfacilitywhere staff are kept under guard while being handled or being prepared for offloading (expulsion).
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They were not allowed to retrieve personal belongings or identity papers left at the factories and were remanded to adetentionfacility.
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Police officials delivered him to local police department, removed his money and passport and placed him into the temporarydetentionfacility.
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It was later owned by a number of wealthy families, before passing back into the hands of the government, which made it a juveniledetentionfacility.
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On average youth that have spent any amount of time in a youthdetentionfacilitywork 35 weeks less than the average employee over the course of a year.
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