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 Japan's surrender at the end of the war, Mino was captured as a prisoner of war and sent to a Siberian prison camp in Russia.
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Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
Holmes, 41, has two small children and is serving her term at a minimum-security prison camp northwest of Houston.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Holmes, 41, is currently serving out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum security federal prison camp approximately 100 miles from Houston.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
The following March, Navarro—at the age of seventy-four—began a four-month sentence in a senior dorm at a federal prison camp in Miami.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
Holmes, 41, has two small children and is serving her term at a minimum-security prison camp northwest of Houston.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Holmes, 41, is currently serving out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum security federal prison camp approximately 100 miles from Houston.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
The following March, Navarro—at the age of seventy-four—began a four-month sentence in a senior dorm at a federal prison camp in Miami.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20camp. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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