# detention centre

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
2. An immigration detention facility; a facility in which people who have attempted to enter Australia without prior authorisation are detained, pending a decision on whether they are to be accepted as refugees or returned to their country of origin.
3. A concentration camp.

## Source
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