Detention in example sentence

Britain is not the only country where ancient rights of habeas corpus, of the inviolability of the person, are to be restricted by new legislation that, for example, extends the permissible length of detention without charge.

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I don't design detention centers, and I don't even design courthouses.

In Thailand people who use drugs, or are merely suspected of using drugs, are placed in detention centers, like the one you see here, where they are supposed to clean up.

There is absolutely no evidence to show that throwing people into detention cures their drug dependence.

Arrested again, he was sent to detention for one day, and I was sent to jail.

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