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...

Pre-trial detention, also known as jail, preventive detention, provisional detention, or remand, is the process of detaining a person until their trial...

A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against...

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), also called GTMO (pronounced Gitmo /ˈɡɪtmoʊ/...

Periodic detention or weekend detention is a type of custodial sentence under which the offender is held in prison between Friday and Sunday evenings each...

Administrative detention is arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial. A number of jurisdictions claim that it is done for security...

with Gaza, which, during the Israel–Hamas war, has been doubling as a detention camp, used to detain Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Multiple whistleblowing...

The Al-Moskobiya, Moscobiyeh, Muscovite or Moscovia Detention Centre is an Israeli detention and interrogation facility and prison more commonly known...

Preventive detention is an imprisonment that is putatively justified for non-punitive purposes, most often to prevent further criminal acts. Preventive...