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

Examples of prison camp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence in a Texas federal prison camp, had argued she was selectively prosecuted as a scapegoat, but the judge dismissed those claims as frivolous. — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Maxwell is serving out her sentence at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where she was transferred last summer from a much less comfortable maximum security prison in Florida. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

Maxwell is currently serving her sentence at a minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

By that time, Maxwell had been moved from a federal women’s facility in Tallahassee to a lower-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for prison camp

• firedamp
• amp
• champ
• clamp
• cramp
• damp
• gamp
• lamp
• ramp
• samp
• scamp
• stamp

Kids Definition

prison camp

noun

: a camp where prisoners are held

Legal Definition

prison camp

noun

: a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usually employed on government projects