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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Maxwell was convicted in late 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence, though she was moved from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas after she was interviewed over the summer by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
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Arkansas Online, 19 Dec. 2025
She was interviewed by the Justice Department’s second-in-command in July and was soon afterward moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Heng Guan went to the US in 2021 after posting videos apparently confirming Western media reports of huge prison camps in Xinjiang.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence at a prison camp in Texas, where she was transferred last summer from a prison in Florida.
—CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 19 Dec. 2025
She was interviewed by the Justice Department’s second-in-command in July and was soon afterward moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas.
—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Heng Guan went to the US in 2021 after posting videos apparently confirming Western media reports of huge prison camps in Xinjiang.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence at a prison camp in Texas, where she was transferred last summer from a prison in Florida.
—CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20camp. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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