Detention center

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A detention center, or detention centre, is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:

• A jail or prison, a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as a form of punishment after being convicted of crimes
• A structure for immigration detention
• An internment camp
• A youth detention center, a secure prison or jail for persons under the age of majority