detention centre
Immigrant confinement building
A detention centre is a facility where people are held in custody, typically by government authorities.
The term most often refers to places holding immigrants, asylum seekers, or refugees awaiting legal proceedings or deportation: Conditions at the detention centre drew international criticism.
It may also describe facilities for juvenile offenders.
Primarily British spelling; Americans write detention center.
Confinement for offenders
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- inmateConfined facility resident
- custodyProtective care or control
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
warden · guard · cellblock · solitary · lockup · convict · offender · rehabilitation
Legal expulsion from country
- asylumShelter from persecution
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- migrantOne who relocates
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
border · visa · removal · custody · processing · enforcement · ICE · patrol
prison
Confinement for offenders
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- inmateConfined facility resident
- custodyProtective care or control
sentence · warden · guard · cellblock · solitary · lockup · convict · offender · rehabilitation · parole
deportation
Legal expulsion from country
undocumented · border · visa · removal · custody · processing · enforcement · ICE · patrol · holding
- UK ImmigrationBritish citizenship, British passport, Home Office, immigration law, immigration officer
- correctionscorrection, corrections, fix, fixing, rectification
detention centreliberty
Absence of unjust constraint
freedom · sanctuary · home · open society · free society
detention centrepermanent residence
Fixed long-term dwelling
citizenship · naturalization · legal residency · amnesty · release
detention, centre, center, detain, detained, detaining, detainee, detainment, detains