detention area
Place for prisoners
A detention area is a space designated for holding people or things temporarily.
In legal and immigration contexts, it refers to facilities where individuals are confined while awaiting processing, trial, or deportation: The refugees were held in a detention area near the border.
In engineering, a detention area or detention basin is a low-lying zone designed to temporarily store stormwater runoff, controlling flooding by releasing water gradually.
- holding cellTemporary detention room
- jailDetention facility
- lockupTemporary detention facility
- custodyProtective care or control
- locked upConfined or secured
confinement · solitary confinement · behind bars · cage · prison · cellblock · internment · quarantine · pen · holding pen · stockade · brig · pound · enclosure · barbed wire · razor wire · chain link · guards
- military basesoldiers, barracks, HQ, troops, hangar
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- Quarantine Facilitieslazaretto, pesthouse, quarantine station, quarantine ward, quarantine camp
detention areafreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · open space · free zone · sanctuary · free world
detention areawelcome center
Facility greeting arriving guests
reception area · commons · public square · gathering place · visitor center
detention areaopen range
Unfenced public grazing land
public square · commons · open field · town square · plaza
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