protective custody

noun

detention of a person by the police solely as protection against a possible attack or reprisal by someone.

First recorded in 1935–40

Gestapo decisions regarding protective custody were not subject to review in the criminal courts.

Both girls are now in protective custody and receiving counseling for their ordeal and addiction to the easy money.

Cohen asked that his client at least be placed in protective custody.

“The child is in good condition and in protective custody,” Chief Cathy Lanier of the Washington, D.C., Police later reported.

Calabro is unreachable in protective custody and has no blog of his own with which to respond.

They then left him to the care of the prison doctor in protective custody.

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