Detention

Detention may refer to:

==Types of detention== Detention (confinement), the restriction of liberty of someone suspected or accused of a crime Detention basin, an artificial flow control structure that is used to contain flood water for a limited period of time Immigration detention, imprisonment of an unauthorised person entering a country Preventive detention, detention intended to prevent criminal acts Remand (detention), the keeping in custody of an arrested person awaiting adjudication School detention, a form of punishment used in schools