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Erik Wemple: HHS to media: Don’t call our youth shelters ‘detention centers’

Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Mark Weber recalls how he briefed workers at a housing facility for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas, after the Associated Press wrote a short article about its opening. "I'm sorry to report that they called this a detention center," says Weber in an interview with The Washington Post, noting that the assembled professionals groaned. "But I am happy to say that at least they said we were providing educational services."

The article in question was headlined, "South Texas facility to detain migrant teens opens." Though it didn't use the term "detention center," it made ample use of the verb "detain.