prison camp
noun
1
: a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usually employed on government projects
2
: a camp for prisoners of war or political prisoners
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Moving migrants in immigration detention awaiting deportation to an offshore prison camp raises novel legal questions.
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Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The military base has been used as a prison camp in the past.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
There are signs that FSA is doing what Congress intended as prison camps have seen their populations decrease.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Numerous Soviet enterprises, operating under dozens of ministries, used POWs contracted out by prison camp officials.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The military base has been used as a prison camp in the past.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
There are signs that FSA is doing what Congress intended as prison camps have seen their populations decrease.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Numerous Soviet enterprises, operating under dozens of ministries, used POWs contracted out by prison camp officials.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20camp. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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