All detention center synonyms
de·ten·tion cen·ter
D d noun detention center
- reform school — reformatory (def 2).
- reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
- borstal — In Britain in the past, a borstal was a kind of prison for young criminals, who were not old enough to be sent to ordinary prisons.
- detention home — a place where juvenile offenders or delinquents are held in custody, esp. temporarily pending disposition of their cases by the juvenile court
- house of detention — a place maintained by the civil authorities for persons charged with a crime, and sometimes for witnesses, awaiting trial.