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What is the difference between a prison and a detention center?

Prison (noun)-The English spelling of "prison" is goal. In Britain, it refers to civil prisons,

In the United States, shelters are provided for people who have committed minor crimes or have not been sentenced? Detention center, etc.

Now it also refers to prison.

Prison; Prison. Refers to criminals sentenced to imprisonment? A suspect awaiting trial? A place where prisoners, etc are held.

Example: They put Birdsong in prison.

They put bird in prison.

The court threw a prisoner into prison.

The court threw the criminal into prison.

The thief was sentenced to one year in prison.

The thief was sentenced to one year's imprisonment.

He's out of prison.

He's out of prison.