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Recent Examples of prison camp
This would move more people out of expensive prison camps and into prerelease custody, a much lower cost option.
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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
The Closure The Bureau of Prisons announced Thursday plans to close the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, and deactivate minimum-security prison camps in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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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
The Closure The Bureau of Prisons announced Thursday plans to close the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, and deactivate minimum-security prison camps in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison camp
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When her husband was arrested and sent to the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp, Girone was eight months pregnant, Claims Conference said.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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And on the site of the Jasenovac concentration camp in Croatia, run by a Nazi puppet regime, architect Bogdan Bogdanović crafted perhaps the most optimistic acknowledgment of the will to overcome the 20th century’s darkest hours.—
Michael Allen,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2025
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Deportation could mean years in jail or labor camps.—
Li Yuan,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Still, she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in a Russian labor camp.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Detroit Free Press,
1 Aug. 2024
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And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.—
Patrick Wilson,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Denver Broncos linebackers coach Michael Wilhoite was arrested in Denver on a charge of second-degree assault on a peace officer on Sunday, jail records showed.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Last June, surveillance footage of Chop fighting a man in jail leaked.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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Despite allowing the loudest — and longest — home run in camp, Verlander impressed during his live bullpen session, inducing whiffs with both his fastball and breaking balls.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Sasaki did admit to being a little nervous throwing his first bullpen session earlier in camp.—
Bill Plunkett,
Orange County Register,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison%20camp. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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