youth detention centre

noun

A secure residential facility for young people, often termed juvenile delinquents, awaiting court hearings or placement in long-term care facilities and programs.

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juvenile halljuvie
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Meanings

nounyouth detention centre (plural youth detention centres)

plural youth detention centres · alternative youth detention center

  1. A secure residential facility for young people, often termed juvenile delinquents, awaiting court hearings or placement in long-term care facilities and programs.

    Synonyms: juvenile hall, juvie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA secure residential facility for young people, often termed juvenile delinquents, awaiting court hearings or placement in long-term care facilities and programs.

Similar
juvenile halljuvie
Also see
juvenile hallreformatory

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 少年管教所, 少年感化院
  • 少年管教所 (shàonián guǎnjiàosuǒ)secure residential facility for young people
  • 少年感化院 (shàonián gǎnhuàyuàn)secure residential facility for young people
  • 少年教養所 /少年教养所 (shàonián jiàoyǎngsuǒ)secure residential facility for young people
  • 少年拘留所 (shàonián jūliúsuǒ)secure residential facility for young people
  • 少管所 (shàoguǎnsuǒ)secure residential facility for young people
Finnish nuorisokoti, koulukoti
  • nuorisokotisecure residential facility for young people
  • koulukotisecure residential facility for young people
French prison pour mineurs, prison juvénile
  • prison pour mineurssecure residential facility for young people
  • prison juvénilesecure residential facility for young people
German Jugendgefängnis, Jugendstrafanstalt
  • Jugendgefängnissecure residential facility for young people
  • Jugendstrafanstaltsecure residential facility for young people
Hungarian fiatalkorúak börtöne, javítóintézet
  • fiatalkorúak börtönesecure residential facility for young people
  • javítóintézetsecure residential facility for young people
Indonesian rumah tahanan anak
  • rumah tahanan anaksecure residential facility for young people
Polish schronisko dla nieletnich
  • schronisko dla nieletnichsecure residential facility for young people
Portuguese reformatório
  • reformatóriosecure residential facility for young people
Russian колония для несовершеннолетних
  • колония для несовершеннолетних (kolonija dlja nesoveršennoletnix)secure residential facility for young people
Thai สถานพินิจ
  • สถานพินิจ (sà-tǎan-pí-nít)secure residential facility for young people
Cite this entry
APA

youth detention centre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/youth%20detention%20centre

MLA

“youth detention centre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/youth%20detention%20centre. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “youth detention centre,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/youth%20detention%20centre.

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