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Detention Home

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Noun

1. detention camp, detention home, detention house, house of detention

an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Detention Home

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noun
US another name for detention centre

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Detention Home

see synonyms of detention home
a place where juvenile offenders or delinquents are held in custody, esp. temporarily pending disposition of their cases by the juvenile court

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Detention Home

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n.
A residential facility for the placement of juveniles adjudged to be in need of supervision, awaiting trial, or found guilty of a minor offense.

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