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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Two defectors who went public in 1984 were eventually lured by the KGB from London to the Soviet Union and promptly sent to prison camps.
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Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2024
He was captured following the American surrender of the Bataan Peninsula in April 1942, the DPAA said, and forced on the Bataan death march before being interned in a notorious prison camp.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 May 2024
Now what? Fire Country’s season finale saw Bode make an important decision for his life outside of the prison camp Three Rock.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 18 May 2024
The disgraced Theranos founder is currently serving an 11 year and three month-long sentence at a federal women’s prison camp in Bryan, Texas that was initially knocked down by two years and has now been shorted by an additional four months.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
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Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2024
He was captured following the American surrender of the Bataan Peninsula in April 1942, the DPAA said, and forced on the Bataan death march before being interned in a notorious prison camp.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 May 2024
Now what? Fire Country’s season finale saw Bode make an important decision for his life outside of the prison camp Three Rock.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 18 May 2024
The disgraced Theranos founder is currently serving an 11 year and three month-long sentence at a federal women’s prison camp in Bryan, Texas that was initially knocked down by two years and has now been shorted by an additional four months.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20camp. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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