- Look up
detention in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Detention may
refer to:
Detention (imprisonment),
imprisonment of
someone guilty or
suspected of...
- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
detention center, or
detention centre, is any
location used for
detention. Specifically, it can mean: A jail or...
- The
Guantanamo Bay
detention camp (Spanish:
Centro de detención de la bahía de Guantánamo) is a
United States military prison within the
Guantanamo Bay...
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Periodic detention or w****end
detention is a type of
custodial sentence under which the
offender is held in
prison between Friday and
Sunday evenings each...
- Pre-trial
detention, also
known as jail,
preventive detention,
provisional detention, or remand, is the
process of
detaining a
person until their trial...
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Preventive detention is an
imprisonment that is ****tively
justified for non-punitive purposes, most
often to
prevent further criminal acts. Preventive...
- A
detention basin or ****ing
basin is an
excavated area
installed on, or
adjacent to,
tributaries of rivers, streams,
lakes or bays to
protect against...
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Administrative detention is
arrest and
detention of
individuals by the
state without trial. A
number of
jurisdictions claim that it is done for security...
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Detention is the
process whereby a
state or
private citizen lawfully holds a
person by
removing their freedom or
liberty at that time. This can be due...
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completion of c****s).
Detention can be
supervised by the
teacher setting the
detention or
through a
centralised detention system.
Detention may
require a pupil...
