detention centre
noun🔊/dɪˈtenʃn sentə(r)/
🔊/dɪˈtenʃn sentər/
(British English) (US English detention center)
a place where people who have entered a country without the necessary documents can be kept in detention for a short period of time 少年管教所 They are confined in a detention centre for asylum seekers, and forced to prove their refugee status. 他们被关在一个寻求庇护者的拘留中心，被迫证明其难民身份。
a prison for people who have been accused of a crime and are waiting for their trial or (in the UK in the past) for young people who have been found guilty of a crime 少年管教所