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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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.
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Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Just a week later, Maxwell was moved to a more permissive prison camp in Texas.
—NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
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.
—Arkansas Online, 20 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
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Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Just a week later, Maxwell was moved to a more permissive prison camp in Texas.
—NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
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.
—Arkansas Online, 20 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
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20camp. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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