Detention

Detention may refer to:

Types of detention

 * Detention (imprisonment), imprisonment of someone guilty or suspected 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

Film and television

 * 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), an episode of the television series Cold Case
 * Detention of the Dead, 2012 comedy horror film

Other uses

 * Detention (video game), a Taiwanese horror game set during the White Terror
 * "Detention", a song by Melanie Martinez from her 2019 album K-12
 * Detention, Tasmania, a locality in Australia