This article deals with the practice of "detention" as a punishment for students. For information on Immigration detention, please see the article under that name.

Historic detention cell

Detention is a form of punishment that takes place in elementary school, middle school and high school, generally during a period after the end of the school day. Occasionally, it occurs before the school day, or during the weekend. In a detention, a student is likley to be made to stay for about an hour and do some sort of punitive tastk. This may be answering questions on why they have been given a detention, copying out paragraphs of something, for example lines or if they may be made to reddem themselves by picking up litter etc. Immigration Detention is the policy of indefinitely holding immigrants to a country while a determination is made as to whether they will be allowed to enter that country, or will be repatriated to the one from which they came. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2136x2848, 478 KB) Description: Göttingen, University Karzer (arrest cell for students), in the Aula at Wilhelmsplatz Author: Thangmar, photo taken myself, 06. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2136x2848, 478 KB) Description: Göttingen, University Karzer (arrest cell for students), in the Aula at Wilhelmsplatz Author: Thangmar, photo taken myself, 06. ... Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant on a subject as a response to some unwanted behavior or disobedience that the subject has displayed. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Middle school, (Intermediate/Junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two. ... High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

A detention is usally given for things such as:

Uniform - Students having there shirts untucked or having their top buttons not done up. Late - If a student is late to school so many times, they are usally made to spend some time after school as a consequence for the time they have missed. Chewing gum - Chewing gum when it is often banned from schools Behaviour - Talking when not meant too or doing something which is not permitted under the school rules. Homework - Not handing in homework on time.

Detention is usually the mildest form of punishment available to administrators, followed in severity by suspension and expulsion. Concerns have been raised about the fact that detentions are generally given without the order of a court, and are quite often given by the alleged victim of the act being punished. Appeals procedures are questionable, and in the United Kingdom, cannot overturn a detention before it has been served. They are considered by many to be incompatible with the right to freedom of movement, the right to due process of law, fair trial and the right to freedom from discrimination. A right is the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled or a thing to which one has a just claim. ... Freedom of movement is a human rights concept which is respected in the constitutions of numerous Western states. ... Due process of law is a legal concept that ensures the government will respect all of a persons legal rights instead of just some or most of those legal rights, when the government deprives a person of life, liberty, or property. ... The Right to a fair trial is an essential right in all countries respecting the rule of law. ... This article is about discrimination in the social science sense. ...

Pop culture references

There are numerous pop culture references to the practice of detention. For example, the opening credits to "The Simpsons" shows Bart Simpson in detention, repeatedly writing some ironic phrase along the lines of "I will not instigate revolution", "I do not have diplomatic immunity", or "I will not waste chalk". Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox network. ... Bartholomew Jo-Jo Simpson, better known as Bart, is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... It has been suggested that Revolutionary be merged into this article or section. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

"Detention" was also the name of an animated series that had a brief run on the Kids' WB in 1999 and 2000.[1] The series portrayed a group of misfit middle-schoolers who were constantly in detention, and scheming to overcome the obstacles that said condition presented. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

The movie The Breakfast Club revolves around five disparate students bonding during a day in detention. The movie Some Kind of Wonderful features a significant detention twist — a student intentionally misbehaves in order to be put in detention with the girl of his dreams — but later learns that she has managed to talk her way out of the punishment. However, the student ends up befriending the dangerous-looking derelicts who are regularly on detention, and they ultimately help him out in his moment of greatest need. The Breakfast Club (1985) is a motion picture written and directed by John Hughes. ... The 1987 film Some Kind of Wonderful stars Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, and Mary Stuart Masterson. ...

In Hogwarts school in Harry Potter books, detention is practiced as a disciplinary measure. Ironically, when in book one Harry Potter and two other students are caught wandering in the castle at night, which is considered dangerous, for "detention" they are sent, also at night, to the even more dangerous Forbidden Forest. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Cover of the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Harry Potter is a popular series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. ... Cover of the International edition, distributed in the Australia, Canada, India, Ireland and the United Kingdom Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is the first volume in a planned series of seven books written by British author J. K. Rowling, and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. ... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series of novels. ...

Other forms of detention

Detention generally refers to a state or government holding a person in a particular area, either for interrogation, as punishment for a wrong, or as a precautionary measure while investigating a potential threat posed by that person. The term can also be used in reference to the holding of property, for the same reasons. The process of detainment may or may not have been preceded with arrest. The prisoners in Guantánamo Bay are for example referred to as "detainees". A state is an organized political community, occupying a territory, and possessing internal and external sovereignty, that enforces a monopoly on the use of force. ... Interrogation is the method of interviewing a source used by police and military personnel to obtain information that the source would not otherwise willingly disclose. ... Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant on a subject as a response to some unwanted behavior or disobedience that the subject has displayed. ... // Use of the term In common usage, property means ones own thing and refers to the relationship between individuals and the objects which they see as being their own to dispense with as they see fit. ... The Chicago Police Department arrests a man A protester is arrested during a demonstration. ... Map of Cuba with location of Guantánamo Bay indicated. ...

Any form of imprisonment can be called detention, although the term is associated with persons who are being held temporarily without warrant or charge. For example, the alleged Taliban supporters captured in the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan have never been classified as "prisoners" by the federal government of the United States, but have consistently been referred to as "detainees", suggesting that they are only being held temporarily while their status is investigated. Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick, Canada is an institution that is part of the Correctional Service of Canada. ... In law, a warrant can mean any authorization. ... Flag flown by the Taliban. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This law-related article does not cite its references or sources. ...

The length of detention of suspected terrorists, with the justification of taking an action that would aid counter-terrorism, varies according to country or situation, as well as the laws which regulate it. Indefinite detention of an individual occurs frequently, especially in by United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Terrorism Bill 2005 in the United Kingdom wishes to lengthen the current 14-day limit for detention without a arrest warrant or an indictment. Terrorism refers to a strategy of using violence, or threat of violence to generate fear, cause disruption, and ultimately, to bring about compliance with specific political, religious, ideological, and personal demands. ... Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... See also Portal:Law The stela of King Hammurabi depicts the god Shamash revealing a code of laws to the king. ... For the 1993 bombing, see World Trade Center bombing. ... The Terrorism Bill 2005 is a bill introduced on October 12, 2005 [1] and currently progressing through the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... An arrest warrant is a warrant issued by a public officer which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual. ...