Detention may refer to:
Types of detention
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Detention (confinement)
Detention is the process whereby a State (polity), state or private citizen holds a person by removing or restricting their personal freedom, freedom or liberty at that time.
Detention can be due to (pending) criminal charges against the indivi ...
, the restriction of liberty of someone suspected or accused 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 and practice of incarcerating both foreign national asylum seekers/refugees and immigrants — whether suspected of unauthorized arrival, illegal entry, visa violations, as well as those subject to deportation ...
, 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.
Preventive detention sometimes involves the detention of a convicted criminal who has served their sente ...
, detention intended to prevent criminal acts
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Remand (detention)
Pre-trial detention, also known as jail, preventive detention, provisional detention, or remand, is the process of detaining a person until their trial after they have been arrested and criminal charge, charged with an offence. A person who ...
, the keeping in custody of an arrested person awaiting adjudication
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School detention, 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 ''
K-12
K-1 is a professional kickboxing promotion established in 1993 by karateka Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Originally under the ownership of the Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), K-1 was considered to be the largest Kickboxing organization in the world. ...
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Detention, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
See also
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Custody (disambiguation)
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Detention center (disambiguation)
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Detonation (disambiguation)
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Involuntary commitment
Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/hospitalisation, or informally in Britain sectioning, being sectioned, commitment, or being committed, is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qual ...
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Prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where Prisoner, people are Imprisonment, imprisoned under the authority of the State (polity), state ...
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