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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Numerous Soviet enterprises, operating under dozens of ministries, used POWs contracted out by prison camp officials.
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Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
This would move more people out of expensive prison camps and into prerelease custody, a much lower cost option.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Some experts on this historical time period say Trump's mass deportation plans have echoes of the widespread internments during World War II, in which more than 100,000 Japanese Americans, many of them U.S. citizens like Takei's family, were forcibly detained in prison camps.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
In December 2024, the BOP announced the closure of seven prisons—including six male prison camps—as a cost-saving measure to consolidate operations.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
This would move more people out of expensive prison camps and into prerelease custody, a much lower cost option.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Some experts on this historical time period say Trump's mass deportation plans have echoes of the widespread internments during World War II, in which more than 100,000 Japanese Americans, many of them U.S. citizens like Takei's family, were forcibly detained in prison camps.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
In December 2024, the BOP announced the closure of seven prisons—including six male prison camps—as a cost-saving measure to consolidate operations.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20camp. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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