remand center
Awaiting trial lockup
A remand center is a facility where people accused of crimes are held while awaiting trial or sentencing.
The term is used primarily in British and Commonwealth legal systems, equivalent to what Americans might call a detention center or jail.
Unlike prisons, which house convicted offenders serving sentences, remand centers hold individuals whose cases are still pending in court.
He spent three months in a remand center before his trial date.
- jailDetention facility
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- bail hearingCourt date setting release conditions
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
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remand centerprison
Confinement for offenders
penitentiary · correctional facility · state prison · federal prison · maximum security prison
remand centerfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free world · release · home · open society