拘こう置ち所しょ

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Meanings

detention center; jail; prison

Specifically a facility where suspects are held before trial or during investigation, distinct from a prison for convicted criminals (刑務所).

〈人ひと〉が拘こう置ち所しょに入いれられるfor someone to be placed in a detention center
彼かれは逮たい捕ほされ、拘こう置ち所しょに入いれられた。
He was arrested and placed in a detention center.
〈人ひと〉が拘こう置ち所しょに収しゅう容ようされるfor someone to be held/detained in a detention center
被ひ告こくは判はん決けつまで拘こう置ち所しょに収しゅう容ようされている。
The defendant is being held in the detention center until the verdict.
拘こう置ち所しょから釈しゃく放ほうされるto be released from a detention center
彼かれは保ほ釈しゃく金きんを払はらって拘こう置ち所しょから釈しゃく放ほうされた。
He paid bail and was released from the detention center.

留りゅう置ち場じょう
留置場 is a police-run holding cell for suspects right after arrest, while 拘置所 is a Ministry of Justice facility that holds suspects awaiting trial for longer periods.
監かん獄ごく
監獄 can refer broadly to any prison facility, whereas 拘置所 specifically holds suspects and defendants awaiting trial.

刑けい務む所しょN1
拘置所 holds suspects awaiting trial, while 刑務所 is a prison where convicted criminals serve their sentence.
留りゅう置ち所じょ
留置所 is a small police-run holding facility for short-term detention, whereas 拘置所 is a larger Ministry of Justice facility for suspects awaiting trial.
獄ごく中ちゅう
拘置所 is specifically a detention center for suspects awaiting trial, whereas 獄中 can describe imprisonment in any facility, including after conviction.
収しゅう容よう所じょ
拘置所 detains suspects awaiting trial or sentencing, whereas 収容所 is a broader term covering camps for internment, refuge, or wartime detention unrelated to criminal proceedings.

Compound of 拘置 (こうち, 'detention') and 所 (しょ, 'place'). The term is a modern legal term for a detention facility.