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detention home

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detention home
n.
A place where juvenile offenders are held in custody, especially for a temporary period while awaiting court action on their cases.
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Noun1.detention homedetention home - an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court)
detention camp, detention house, house of detention
correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government


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Although the 1899 Juvenile Court Law required that adolescents be detained separately from adults, Cook County did not build a designated Juvenile Detention Home (as part of a new Juvenile Court building) until 1907.
"The Cop will get you": The police and discretionary juvenile ... by Wolcott, David / Journal of Social History
Certificate proceeds from the series 2003A issue will fund expansions and renovations at the county's juvenile detention home and renovation of the county's existing juvenile courts building for use as a juvenile detention facility.
Fitch Rates Chesterfield County, VA's $6.1MM COPs 'AA+' by Business Wire
In 1934, a CCCWB supervisor warned co-workers that the Detention Home should not become a "dumping ground" for children, commenting that county personnel sometimes "place[d] children in [the] Detention Home and [were] very slow about making plans for removal.
INSTITUTIONALIZING INEQUALITIES: BLACK CHILDREN AND CHILD WELFARE IN ... by Morton, Marian J. / Journal of Social History
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