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Recent Examples of gulag
Stalin sent millions to the gulags, where many of them died from disease.
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Dec. 2025
Although Russia is a militant autocracy, the reason for Putin’s lifetime presidency isn’t gulags, mass executions, or forced labor.
—Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2025
Many thousands of scientists were killed or sent to the gulag, where a significant percentage died.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Polar gulags are also the preferred place to send political prisoners who threaten the government, such as the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died under suspicious circumstances in one such prison in 2024.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Dec. 2025
Although Russia is a militant autocracy, the reason for Putin’s lifetime presidency isn’t gulags, mass executions, or forced labor.
—Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2025
Many thousands of scientists were killed or sent to the gulag, where a significant percentage died.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Polar gulags are also the preferred place to send political prisoners who threaten the government, such as the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died under suspicious circumstances in one such prison in 2024.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulag
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Tlaib, Pohutsky and more than 30 other current and former lawmakers last month signed a letter demanding that Washington resign, citing concerns about the conditions in state prisons and recent inmate deaths.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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On Monday, the killer, a Sikh man, was sentenced to life in prison over the knife attack last December.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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Mike Braun opened the Speedway Slammer at an Indiana prison, Jim Pillen opened the Cornhusker Clink at a Nebraska work camp, and Jeff Landry opened the Louisiana Lockup in a disused wing of Angola penitentiary.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Abdulrahman Oriyomi, 25, was charged with felony impairing or interrupting operation of a critical infrastructure facility last week and was booked into jail in Harris County, Texas, on Friday, according to court records.—
Sneha Dhandapani,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Panahi was released from his latest stint in jail in February 2023 after going on hunger strike.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 June 2026
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German shepherds seemed to patrol every yard, as if guarding some suburban stalag.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Feb. 2026
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To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays.—
ROBERT D. McFADDEN,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2017
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Since the documentary was released on May 15, police have released text messages between Shirilla and her boyfriend, Russo, as well as jailhouse calls and bodycam footage from the day of the crash, according to Fox 8.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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On Friday, Rodriquez Singh halted a jailhouse interview with CBS News Texas.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
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At the time, Epstein was serving his 18-month sentence in the Palm Beach County stockade but was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, in his office under a work-release program his attorneys had negotiated.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Mar. 2026
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Arthur Cofield is considered armed and dangerous and has not been seen since escaping from a federal prison camp in Georgia.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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The Justice Department moved Maxwell from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas last August.—
Stephen Groves,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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However, if a company lacks substance and constantly requires cash, the euphoria can be short-lived, particularly after the lockup expires and initial investors begin to exit.—
David Capablanca,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The necessary tools — screw guns, saws, hammers — aren’t easy to come by in San Quentin, California’s oldest prison; the lockup has a long history of violence, gang wars, executions and murder.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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