Detention House (Noun)
Meaning
An institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She was sentenced to spend the weekend in the detention house for shoplifting from the local mall.
- After getting into a fight at school, he was sent to the detention house for a month.
- The new juvenile judge decided to increase funding for the local detention house to provide more counseling services.
- She had to call her parents from the detention house to explain why she had been arrested for vandalism.
- The detention house was overcrowded and underfunded, leading to allegations of mistreatment and neglect.