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detention center

noun as in house of correction

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The founder of the scammy cryptocurrency exchange FTX spoke to Carlson from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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The former FTX boss also spoke on another notorious Metropolitan Detention Center detainee: Sean “Diddy” Combs.

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"When someone stands shoulder to shoulder with American troops and puts his life in danger..." one former Afghan intelligence officer told Reuters in a phone call from an ICE detention center, his voice shaking.

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The prison employee’s letter this week described the first arrivals at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, when ICE agents “dropped off buses” of detainees.

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles — a lockup run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons — had been asked to prepare for an influx of up to 120 new bookings from expected immigration raids, but by the end of Sunday officials had dropped off about a dozen people for processing, a source familiar with the situation told The Times.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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