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The act of keeping back, restraining, or withholding, either accidentally or by design, a person or thing. Detention occurs whenever a police officer accosts an individual and restrains his or her freedom to walk away, or approaches and questions an individual, or stops an individual suspected of being personally involved in criminal activity. Such a detention is not a formal arrest. Physical restraint is not an essential element of detention. Detention is also an element of the tort of False Imprisonment. DETENTION. The act of retaining a person or property, and preventing the
removal of such person or property.
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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. government was set back by a Family Court ruling which declared the detentions illegal. 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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