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detention centre
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detention centre
n
(Social Welfare) a place where young persons may be detained for short periods by order of a court
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Noun1.detention centre - a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
detention cell, bullpen
jail cell, prison cell, cell - a room where a prisoner is kept
Translations
detention centre, (US) detention center
n → Jugendstrafanstalt f
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While the Labor government dismantled tough immigration and asylum laws after its 2007 election win, closing down detention centres in small Pacific island countries and saying that detention would only be used for security, it has increased ships and aircraft patrolling the remote north coast to intercept boats before they reach Australian soil.
Asylum seekers riot in Australia by Aljazeera.net
He condones what even he admits is the "barbaric" treatment of children at detention centres, on the grounds that, if they were to be released, many of their parents would disappear.
Not barbaric; Yourview by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Byline: Siham Al Najami, Staff Reporter Dubai: A top police official confirmed that there are no cases of individuals or inmates infected with H1N1 flu in the central jail, police detention centres and the Police Academy.
No H1N1 cases among inmates by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
 
 
 
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