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The phrase "already detained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone is currently in custody or has been apprehended prior to a certain point in time.
Example: "The suspect was already detained by the time the officers arrived on the scene."
Alternatives: "previously apprehended" or "already in custody".
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"We already detained two suspects and are questioning them.
They will have separate accommodation from other asylum seekers already detained on the island.
Judge del Olmo had already detained, questioned and released Mr. Mourabit twice since March 11.
Saab said officials had already detained the police officers supposedly involved in the killing.
"They enter the homes of people already detained and ransack their homes; they are keeping people in detention with limited access to their lawyers and families".
American forces, in fact, have already detained a small number of suspected agents who have made their way across the border, he said.
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But the U.S. government is already detaining hundreds of suspects captured abroad at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere.
The Obama administration is already detaining and deporting a record number of immigrants — nearly 400,000 annually.
Meanwhile, even without this new regulation, the government is already detaining some families past the legal 21-day maximum, said Jennifer Falcon, communications director for Texas's Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES).
"If you think about it, I'm already on the watch list, I've already been detained at least forty times," she said.
Acevedo had already been detained for seven months.
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