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Discover LudwigThe phrase "detention centre" is correct and commonly used in written English
It refers to a place where individuals are held against their will, often for legal or immigration reasons. Example: The government has faced criticism for its treatment of refugees at the local detention centre, with reports of overcrowding and inhumane conditions.
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detention centre
noun
A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
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Yarl's Wood detention centre.
Oystercatcher detention centre".
Neither is a purpose-built detention centre.
And I'd been in a detention centre.
The Manus Island detention centre does not accept children.
We were taken to Yarl's Wood detention centre.
At the detention centre the children were body searched.
The detention centre is run by private contractors Serco.
I got an unexpected call from a detention centre.
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The Human Rights Commission report focused on the Villawood detention centre in Sydney.
He washed and kissed the feet of 12 inmates of a juvenile-detention centre.
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