Phrase guide

youth detention centre

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 少年管教所 (shàonián guǎnjiàosuǒ) — secure residential facility for young people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 少年感化院 (shàonián gǎnhuàyuàn) — secure residential facility for young people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 少年教養所 /少年教养所 (shàonián jiàoyǎngsuǒ) — secure residential facility for young people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 少年拘留所 (shàonián jūliúsuǒ) — secure residential facility for young people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 少管所 (shàoguǎnsuǒ) — secure residential facility for young people
  • Finnish: nuorisokoti — secure residential facility for young people
  • Finnish: koulukoti — secure residential facility for young people
  • French: prison pour mineurs — secure residential facility for young people
  • French: prison juvénile — secure residential facility for young people
  • German: Jugendgefängnis — secure residential facility for young people
  • German: Jugendstrafanstalt — secure residential facility for young people
  • Hungarian: fiatalkorúak börtöne — secure residential facility for young people
  • Hungarian: javítóintézet — secure residential facility for young people
  • Indonesian: rumah tahanan anak — secure residential facility for young people
  • Kazakh: жастар кампаниясы (jastar kampaniäsy) — secure residential facility for young people
  • Polish: schronisko dla nieletnich — secure residential facility for young people
  • Portuguese: reformatório — secure residential facility for young people
  • Russian: колония для несовершеннолетних (kolonija dlja nesoveršennoletnix) — secure residential facility for young people
  • Thai: สถานพินิจ (sà-tǎan-pí-nít) — secure residential facility for young people