work camp
noun
: a camp for workers: such as
b
: a short-term group project in which individuals from one or more religious organizations volunteer their labor
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An inmate serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree burglary walked away from a state prison work camp Monday night in El Dorado County, state officials said.
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Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026
The family was forced into a cattle car packed full of mostly Jewish people, forced to go to what was supposed to be a work camp at Auschwitz in Poland, but was an extermination camp.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
In Oregon in 1933, Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
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Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026
The family was forced into a cattle car packed full of mostly Jewish people, forced to go to what was supposed to be a work camp at Auschwitz in Poland, but was an extermination camp.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
In Oregon in 1933, Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Work camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20camp. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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