juvenile facility
Minor's detention center
A juvenile facility is an institution where minors are held after being arrested or convicted of crimes—the youth equivalent of jail or prison.
These range from short-term detention centers to long-term correctional facilities.
The term is deliberately neutral, avoiding harsher words like prison: He spent eighteen months in a juvenile facility for armed robbery.
- detentionTemporary official holding
- youthState of being immature
- youth offenderMinor who breaks law
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
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- psychiatric facilitiespsychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric ward, psych ward
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Government-run facility for serious offenders
federal prison · maximum security prison · county jail · penitentiary · correctional institution
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One's personal residence
freedom · family home · public school · release · foster home
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Temporary guardianship residence
group home · foster care · boarding school · youth center · youth shelter
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