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Recent Examples of prison camp
The resisters were transferred from a prison camp to a more restrictive jail, Tulelake Camp, located more than 10 miles away, said Ron Nakano, with the Marysville JACL, noting that the two camps are distinct but often confused.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
In the interview, the British businessman addressed Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer from a federal prison in Florida to a federal prison camp in Texas over the summer.
—James Longman, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
But shortly after meeting with Blanche, she was moved to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Feb. 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
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
In the interview, the British businessman addressed Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer from a federal prison in Florida to a federal prison camp in Texas over the summer.
—James Longman, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
But shortly after meeting with Blanche, she was moved to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Feb. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison camp
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Soon after, he was hired as a war crimes investigator and visited concentration camps during the World War II liberation to document Nazi crimes.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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The movie includes footage of real historical tragedies — harrowing video from liberated concentration camps — along with contemporaneous ones, like the crash of PSA Flight 182, which happened less than two months before Faces of Death was released.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Petrook's father was forced into a labor camp, but escaped.—
Lisa Rozner,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Half Moon Bay, a San Mateo County coastal city of just over 11,000 residents, gained national attention in 2023 when a mass shooting at a farm labor camp exposed the squalid living conditions of farmworkers in the area.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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And Nazi officials had promised Auschwitz’s Buna work camp thousands of skilled Jewish laborers – a quota that was not met because of the Rosenstrasse Jews’ release.—
Danielle Wirsansky,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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An inmate serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree burglary walked away from a state prison work camp Monday night in El Dorado County, state officials said.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Since then, at least 34 municipalities in Illinois have passed anti-camping ordinances with enforceable fines and jail time.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Ware is being held at the Clay County Detention Center while awaiting trial, and his escape resulted in an additional charge of felony prison breach and escape, jail records show.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Sox bullpen let a one-run lead get away in the ninth inning.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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But, at the moment, the most important needs for the Rangers are working deGrom back into the rotation and preserving fresh arms in the bullpen.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison%20camp. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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