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juvenile detention center

[ joo-vuh-nl di-ten-shuhn sen-ter, ‐-²Ô²¹³ó²â±ô ]

noun

  1. a correctional facility for juvenile offenders or delinquents, often under the supervision of a juvenile court.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of juvenile detention center1

First recorded in 1945–50
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She becomes an object of fascination for Thomasin McKenzie’s mousy Eileen when she glides into the dreary juvenile detention center where they both work one winter, in Massachusetts 1964.

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Fewer kids are being held at King County’s juvenile detention center, but those who are there are being held for longer periods, in a facility not designed for long stays and lacking in appropriate support programs, a new auditor’s report found.

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In 1952, King County built a juvenile detention center one block north of Washington Hall.

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The juvenile detention center still looms one block north, standing like a numbed face, an architectural and cultural counterpoint to the expressive life in Washington Hall.

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An employee at Green Hill School, a state juvenile detention center in Chehalis, turned “a blind eye” as a young male assaulted another incarcerated person earlier this year, Lewis County prosecutors said this week.

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