detainers

Custody extension orders

Detainers are legal orders requiring a person to be held in custody beyond their scheduled release.

Most commonly, immigration detainers request that jails hold inmates so federal agents can take them into custody for deportation proceedings: The sheriff's office honors ICE detainers.

Detainers can also hold someone for charges in another jurisdiction.

The term also simply means people who detain others.

legal

warrant

Formal authorization document

jurisdiction · bail · release · booking · arraignment · charge · probable cause · lawful · unlawful · constitutional

immigration

ICE

Immigration enforcement bureau

removal · asylum · immigrant · enforcement · border · alien · hold · transfer · sanctuary · jurisdiction

mechanical

latch

Door-securing catch

  • catchSeize or snag
  • lockMechanism requiring a key
  • pawlHinged mechanical stopper

spring · mechanism · release · engage · fastener · retainer · clip · hook · bolt · trigger

Opposites
legal document type

detainersrelease papers

Documents granting official freedom

discharge papers · releases · discharges · freedom papers · acquittals

custodial action

detainersreleases

Lets go or publishes

liberations · discharges · emancipations · freedoms · acquittals

role in detention relationship

detainersliberators

Those who free captives

detainees · emancipators · freers · prisoners · captives

Phrases
Family

detained, detainee, detainer

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