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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After that interview, Maxwell was moved from a federal prison in Florida to a low-security prison camp in Texas.
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Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Maxwell was convicted and is serving a 20-year prison sentence at an all-female federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where she was recently moved from a minimum security prison in Tallahassee, Florida.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell joined Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and celebrity housewife Jen Shah at a federal prison camp in Texas this week.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security federal prison camp in southeast Texas.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Maxwell was convicted and is serving a 20-year prison sentence at an all-female federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where she was recently moved from a minimum security prison in Tallahassee, Florida.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell joined Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and celebrity housewife Jen Shah at a federal prison camp in Texas this week.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security federal prison camp in southeast Texas.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20camp. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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