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• n  a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
  his detention was politically motivated
• n  a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
  the detention of tardy pupils

• PTI photographer Steve Liss travels to a juvenile detention center in Laredo, Texas, and meets with the children incarcerated inside.
• A federal court upholds their release from 14 detention camps "Viktoua net! Complete victory! They are going to free you! They have to free you!" Marc.
• Photographer Yuri Kozyrev gets a rare glimpse into a crowded Iraqi detention center.

• detainment
• hold
• custody

News & Articles

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• 17 others along with CCSO Detention Officer arrested
  Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Detention Officer Mario Serrano was arrested and charged with drug offenses by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on June 3.
  June 18, 2013 - Douglas Dispatch
• Tri County Detention Center to launch new visitation program
  ULLIN — Tri County Detention Center is launching a new inmate video visitation program.
  June 17, 2013 - The Southern Illinoisan
• Detention deputy fired for using excessive force on inmate
  A Pinellas County Detention Deputy was fired after using excessive force on an inmate and then lying about it. 
  June 14, 2013 - WTSP-TV Tampa

Quotes

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• David Miliband in Voice of America
  The United Kingdom is deeply concerned at the arrest and, in some cases, continued detention of some of our hard-working locally engaged staff in Tehran,Miliband said. "This is harassment and intimidation of a kind which is quite...
• Michael Mukasey in International Herald Tribune
  I'm disappointed with the decision, in so far as I understand that it will result in hundreds of actions challenging the detention of enemy combatants to be moved to federal district court,Mukasey said at a Group of Eight meeting of justice...
• Barack Obama in Washington Post
  Officially, Obama said in a statement that he was "deeply concerned by reports coming out of Honduras regarding the detention and expulsion of President Mel Zelaya."