state custody

Frequency: 5.03.6 per million words

Detention under the jurisdiction of a state government, especially in the US.

custodyADJECTIVE + custody

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state

Examples (10)

  • After his conviction, he was transferred to state custody to serve his sentence.
  • The defendant will remain in state custody until the trial date is set.
  • The Department of Corrections is responsible for all inmates in state custody.
  • As a minor, he was placed in juvenile state custody after the incident.
  • The lawyer argued that his client should be released from state custody on bail.
  • While in state custody, prisoners have limited access to outside communication.
  • Upon turning 18, the young offender was moved from a juvenile facility to full state custody.
  • Because his crime was not a federal offense, he was remanded to state custody, not federal prison.
  • Thousands of individuals are currently held in state custody across the country.
  • If the appeal fails, she will spend the next five years in state custody.