Detention center definition

Detention center means a facility established in accordance with Title 62A, Chapter 7, Part 2, Detention Facilities.
Detention center means a facility established and maintained by an appropriate entity for the purpose of confining arrested persons or persons sentenced to the detention center.
Detention center means a center that addresses the temporary care of a child who requires secure custody in physically restricting facilities pending court disposition or an execution of a court order for placement or commitment.

Examples of Detention center in a sentence

  • Detention center superintendent has established procedures for a thorough review of preliminary screening conducted by the Office of Probation and Community Intervention.

  • Detention center facilities held 9,575 inmates who were current or former gang members.

  • Detention center staff" means custodial personnel whose duties include ongoing supervision of1 the inmates in a detention center.

  • Detention center employees shall use only security equipment on which they have been properly trained and is issued through, or authorized by, the detention center administrator.

  • Detention center guards accepted bribes from detainees in return for access to better conditions, including permission to stay in an office instead of a cell.


More Definitions of Detention center

Detention center means a facility established and maintained by an appropriate entity for the
Detention center means a facility established in accordance with Title 62A,
Detention center means a city, county or other jail, the administration of which agrees to accept intoxicated persons for protective custody; provided, however, that a detention center is authorized to hold a person in protective custody pursuant to Section 43-2-8 NMSA 1978 but is not otherwise subject to the provisions of the Detoxification Reform Act;
Detention center means a detention center, as defined in 7-32-2120, that is operated by a local
Detention center means a correctional facility for the temporary detention of persons taken into custody upon violation of parole or upon violation of a condition of release, or of persons being transferred from other correctional facilities, or of persons who are assigned to other correctional facilities for confinement but whose presence is required in court or for some other purpose at a location that is distant from the institution of confinement.
Detention center means a juvenile detention facility as defined in K.S.A. 38-1502(i) and K.S.A 38-1602(f) and which requires a license pursuant to K.S.A. 65-501 et seq. Detention centers shall meet the requirements for licensure included in K.A.R. 28-4-351 through 360, unless specifically exempted.
Detention center means a place or facility operated by any entity or person, governmental or otherwise, for the confinement in a hardware secure facility of a child or children who meet the criteria of § 37-1-114(c) or other applicable laws and who: