detention facility
Place for inmates
A detention facility is a place where people are held in custody, typically by government authority.
The term covers jails, prisons, and immigration centers, but often appears as a bureaucratic euphemism—immigrant detention facility sounds more neutral than immigrant prison.
The detainees were transferred to a federal detention facility.
Detention for minors
- internment campFacility for confining civilians
- refugee campShelter site for displaced foreigners
- black siteSecret extrajudicial detention facility
- supermaxHighest-security prison classification
minimum security · maximum security · federal prison · county jail
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- cellblockPrison housing unit
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
lockup · gaol · remand · custody · imprisonment · sentence · convict · inmate
Basic unit of life
- cageBarred confinement structure
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- penInk-filled writing tool
- stockadeFence of sharpened stakes
barracks · dormitory · ward · compound · block · wing · yard · mess hall
Capacity exceeded dangerously
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- neglectFailure to provide care
- medical careProfessional treatment of illness
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
visitation · phone calls · commissary · recreation · solitary confinement · human rights · due process · family separation
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- educationSystematic development of mind
life skills · substance abuse treatment · mental health · restorative justice · social work · behavioral therapy · group sessions · peer support
Protectors or watchmen
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- barbed wireSpiked metal fence material
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
patrol · lockdown · cameras · checkpoint · perimeter · gate · sentry · monitoring
juvenile hall
Detention for minors
- internment campFacility for confining civilians
- refugee campShelter site for displaced foreigners
- black siteSecret extrajudicial detention facility
supermax · minimum security · maximum security · federal prison · county jail
prison
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- cellblockPrison housing unit
correctional · lockup · gaol · remand · custody · imprisonment · sentence · convict · inmate · prisoner
cell
Basic unit of life
stockade · barracks · dormitory · ward · compound · block · wing · yard · mess hall · visiting room
overcrowding
Capacity exceeded dangerously
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- neglectFailure to provide care
- medical careProfessional treatment of illness
sanitation · visitation · phone calls · commissary · recreation · solitary confinement · human rights · due process · family separation
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
education · life skills · substance abuse treatment · mental health · restorative justice · social work · behavioral therapy · group sessions · peer support · work release
guards
Protectors or watchmen
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- barbed wireSpiked metal fence material
watchtower · patrol · lockdown · cameras · checkpoint · perimeter · gate · sentry · monitoring · escort
- military prisonsmilitary prison, military brig, brig, stockade, Leavenworth
- detention rightshabeas corpus, remand, police custody, bail hearing, bond hearing
- military facilitiesmilitary base, command center, army base, air force base, headquarters
- quarantinemandatory quarantine, quarantine period, quarantine laws, quarantine stations, quarantine protocols
- Quarantine Facilitieslazaretto, pesthouse, quarantine station, quarantine ward, quarantine camp
- relief sitesrefugee camp, relief camp, evacuation center, emergency shelter, transit camp
detention facilityfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · release · liberation · emancipation · open society
detention facilitysanctuary
Protected sacred space
refuge · shelter · welcome center · reception center · halfway house
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