Detention may refer to:
Types of detention
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Detention (imprisonment)
Detention is the process whereby a state or private citizen lawfully holds a person by removing their freedom or liberty at that time. This can be due to (pending) criminal charges preferred against the individual pursuant to a prosecution or ...
, imprisonment of someone guilty or suspected of a crime
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Detention basin
A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a limited period of time. ...
, an artificial flow control structure that is used to contain flood water for a limited period of time
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Immigration detention
Immigration detention is the policy of holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorized arrival, as well as those subject to deportation and removal until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a v ...
, imprisonment of an unauthorised person entering a country
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Preventive detention
Preventive detention is an imprisonment that is putatively justified for non- punitive purposes, most often to prevent (further) criminal acts.
Types of preventive detention
There is no universally agreed definition of preventive detention, and m ...
, detention intended to prevent criminal acts
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Remand (detention)
Remand, also known as pre-trial detention, preventive detention, or provisional detention, is the process of detaining a person until their trial after they have been arrested and charged with an offence. A person who is on remand is held i ...
, the keeping in custody of an arrested person awaiting adjudication
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School detention
School discipline relates to actions taken by teachers or school organizations toward students when their behavior disrupts the ongoing educational activity or breaks a rule created by the school. Discipline can guide the children's behavior or ...
, a form of punishment used in schools
Film and television
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''Detention'' (2003 film), an American action film directed by Sidney J. Furie
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''Detention'' (2010 film), an American horror film starring Preston Jones and David Carradine
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''Detention'' (2011 film), an American horror film directed by Joseph Kahn and starring Josh Hutcherson
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''Detention'' (2019 film), a Taiwanese horror film set during the White Terror, based on the video game of the same name
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''Detention'' (American TV series), a 1999–2000 American animated TV series
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''Detention'' (Taiwanese TV series), a 2020 Taiwanese TV series based on the video game
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"Detention" (''Cold Case'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Cold Case''
Other uses
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''Detention'' (video game), a Taiwanese horror game set during the White Terror
* "Detention", a song by Melanie Martinez from her 2019 album ''
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Detention, Tasmania
Detention is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Circular Head in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about east of the town of Smithton. The 2016 census recorded a population of nil for the st ...
, a locality in Australia
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Custody (disambiguation)
Custody may refer to:
Government and law
* Child custody, a description of the legal relationship between a parent (or guardian) and child
* Custody and repatriation, a Chinese administrative procedure 1982–2003
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Detention center (disambiguation)
A detention center, or detention centre, is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
* A jail or prison, a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as a ...
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Detonation (disambiguation)
Detonation is a process of combustion in which a supersonic shock wave propagates through a body of material.
Detonation may also refer to:
* Engine knocking, a manifestation of improper combustion timing in internal combustion engines Entertain ...
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Involuntary commitment
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Prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, corre ...
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