Detention

Detention may refer to:

Types of detention

Detention (confinement), the restriction of liberty of someone suspected or accused of a crime
Detention basin, an artificial flow control structure that is used to contain flood water for a limited period of time
Immigration detention, imprisonment of an unauthorised person entering a country
Preventive detention, detention intended to prevent criminal acts
Remand (detention), the keeping in custody of an arrested person awaiting adjudication
School detention, a form of punishment used in schools

Detention (2003 film), an American action film directed by Sidney J. Furie
Detention (2010 film), an American horror film starring Preston Jones and David Carradine
Detention (2011 film), an American horror film directed by Joseph Kahn and starring Josh Hutcherson
Detention (2019 film), a Taiwanese horror film set during the White Terror, based on the video game of the same name
Detention (American TV series), a 1999–2000 American animated TV series
Detention (Taiwanese TV series), a 2020 Taiwanese TV series based on the video game
"Detention" (Cold Case episode), a 2006 television episode
"Detention" (Dawson's Creek), a 1998 television episode