youth detention centre

English

Alternative forms

youth detention center

Noun

youth detention centre (plural youth detention centres)

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

Synonyms

juvenile hall
juvie (colloquial)

Translations

secure residential facility for young people

Chinese:
Mandarin: (mainland China) 少年管教所 (shàonián guǎnjiàosuǒ), (other Chinese-speaking regions) 少年感化院 (shàonián gǎnhuàyuàn), 少年教養所, 少年教养所 (shàonián jiàoyǎngsuǒ), 少年拘留所 (shàonián jūliúsuǒ)
Finnish: nuorisokoti, koulukoti
German: Jugendgefängnis (de) n, Jugendstrafanstalt f
Hungarian: fiatalkorúak börtöne

Portuguese: reformatório m
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Thai: สถานพินิจ (sà-tǎan-pí-nít)

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