Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la mise en geôle d\'un gardé à vue
English translation:
holding a suspect in (police) custody
French term
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: French to English
la mise en geôle d'un gardé à vue
Here is the context:
La fouille de sécurité
La fouille de sécurité est généralement le fait du chef de poste qui s'assure par là que la personne peut faire l'objet d'une mesure de rétention dans les locaux ad hoc. (un individu en état d’ivresse publique et manifeste, *la mise en geôle d'un gardé à vue*, la rétention préalable à la conduite devant un magistrat).
Many thanks again as always.
| 2 +1 | holding a suspect in custody |
Anne-Marie Grant (X)
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| 3 | individual under police custody is put in a lock-up house |
Gad Kohenov
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| 2 | putting an individual under custody in jail/in a cell |
Jean-Louis S.
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Nov 4, 2009 17:46: SJLD changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Rob Grayson, SJLD
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Proposed translations
holding a suspect in custody
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individual under police custody is put in a lock-up house
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Native in: French (Variants: African, Standard-France) 
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Discussion
I suppose the usage could be idiomatic, that someone who was "only" being held in the police station is now in jail (remanded).
BTW, I think you mean Police Custody in your subheading, rather than policy.