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juvenile detention center

[ joo-vuh-nl di-ten-shuhn sen-ter, ‐-nahyl ]

noun

  1. a correctional facility for juvenile offenders or delinquents, often under the supervision of a juvenile court.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of juvenile detention center1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

Davenport oversees the juvenile detention center and appointed its director.

Couch was not sentenced to an iota of time in a juvenile detention center or prison.

He astonished his followers days later by washing and kissing the feet of inmates at a juvenile-detention center in Rome.

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