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   detention

   /dɪˈtɛnʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody: "the fifteen people arrested were still in police detention"
   • ▪ the punishment of being kept in school after hours: "teachers were divided as to the effectiveness of detention"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘withholding of what is claimed or due’): from late Latin detentio(n-), from Latin detinere ‘hold back’ (see detain).

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2. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaTrudeau government negotiating with provinces to keep ...

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   Jun 28, 2024 · "Detention in a provincial facility, in provinces where this measure is still available, is limited to the most difficult cases, when there are serious concerns about danger to the public, or to ...

3. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaOntario youth detention centres at overcapacity, creating ...

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   Jun 11, 2024 · More than three years after shutting down roughly half of its youth detention centres, Ontario is seeing overcrowding at its remaining publicly run facilities. In 2021, the province closed 26...

4. www.nytimes.com › 2024/06/15 › canada-refugeesFor Most Refugees in Canada, a Warm Embrace. For Others, Jail.

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   Jun 15, 2024 · While detention is a serious measure, it is crucial to Canada’s border security strategy amid a global refugee crisis, said Christian Leuprecht, a political science professor at the Royal ...

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   Why is detention important to Canada's border security strategy?

   • While detention is a serious measure, it is crucial to Canada’s border security strategy amid a global refugee crisis, said Christian Leuprecht, a political science professor at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.

   For Most Refugees in Canada, a Warm Embrace. For Others, Jail

   www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/canada-refugees-immigration-prison.html

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   Are Ontario's youth detention centres overcrowding?

   • (Infrastructure Ontario) More than three years after shutting down roughly half of its youth detention centres, Ontario is seeing overcrowding at its remaining publicly run facilities. In 2021, the province closed 26 centres. Today, there are 20 privately run transfer payment centres and five public direct-operated facilities.

   Ontario youth detention centres at overcapacity, creating concerns as a…

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   When can a detainee be detained in a provincial facility?

   • "Detention in a provincial facility, in provinces where this measure is still available, is limited to the most difficult cases, when there are serious concerns about danger to the public, or to other detainees, or to staff," CBSA wrote in an email to Radio-Canada.

   Trudeau government negotiating with provinces to keep migrants behind

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   Are detention centres overcapacity putting young people in a 'precarious position'?

   • NDP MPP Monique Taylor, the Official Opposition critic for children, community and social services in Ontario, says young people are put in a 'precarious position' when detention centres are overcapacity. (CBC) Monique Taylor, NDP MPP for the riding of Hamilton Mountain, calls it concerning.

   Ontario youth detention centres at overcapacity, creating concerns as a…

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6. www.ohchr.org › en › topicDetention | OHCHR

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   Jul 2, 2024 · Learn about the UN Human Rights Office's work to protect and promote the right to liberty of person and end arbitrary detention. Find news, reports, publications and stories on detention issues and violations.

7. news.sky.com › story › prisons-watchdog-describesPrisons watchdog describes 'worst conditions ever seen' at ...

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   12 hours ago · Inspectors have described the "worst conditions they have ever seen in immigration detention" inside a centre near Heathrow in west London. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor was so ...

8. www.cnn.com › 2024/06/11 › middleeastChildren of ISIS fighters coming of age in detention ask what ...

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   Jun 11, 2024 · More than half – 30,000 – of those in the detention system are children. CNN was granted rare access inside detention camps and facilities for suspected ISIS fighters and their family members...

9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › detainmentDetainment - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Jun 29, 2024 · Definitions of detainment. noun. a state of being confined (usually for a short time) synonyms: custody, detention, hold. see more.