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detention
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detention,
n restraint; custody; confinement.
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According to the court, a reasonable official would know that detentions of less than 38 days violated a state criminal procedural rule and the constitutional rights of the arrestee.
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government was set back by a Family Court ruling which declared the detentions illegal.
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According to Amnesty International's (AI) March 2002 report entitled "Amnesty International's Concerns Regarding Post-September 11 Detentions in USA," as of January 2002, 317 individuals--out of a total of 718 INS detainees at the time--had been charged after 48 hours.
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