detention centre

• Instalación donde se mantiene a personas bajo custodia, generalmente por razones migratorias, a la espera de un juicio o durante un proceso legal, a menudo distinta de una prisión por el carácter de la detención.

A facility where people are held in custody, typically for immigration purposes, awaiting trial, or as part of a legal process, often distinguished from a prison by the nature of the confinement.

1. Place for holding peopleB2formal

   A facility where people are held in custody, often for immigration or legal reasons.

   centro de detención

   • The asylum seekers were taken to a detention centre.
   • He was held at a detention centre before his trial.
   • The government opened a new detention centre for illegal immigrants.