Detention Cell (Noun)
Meaning
A large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The refugees were crowded into a large detention cell with no windows and limited facilities.
- A few hours after the raid, more than fifty suspected immigrants were being held in the detention cell.
- He had spent the night in a cold and noisy detention cell with dozens of other people.
- After being arrested, the protesters were taken to a detention cell and held overnight before being released the next day.
- In the detention cell, migrants were given little food and water while they waited for their cases to be processed.