prison camp

noun

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as in concentration camp

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Recent Examples of prison camp The former circus performer actually dreamed up the exercises that would become pilates while interned in a prison camp. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 20 May 2026 In 2025, Maxwell, Epstein's associate, was moved from a federal prison in Florida to a low-security prison camp in Texas. — Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2026 She was subsequently sentenced to prison for her role in a years-long telemarketing scheme that the government said defrauded innocent people across the country, and after serving two years and nine months at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, she was released in December 2025. — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026 But some of the women who served time in Bryan remain skeptical that the prison camp has been transformed. — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prison camp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison camp
  1. concentration camp
  2. labor camp
  3. work camp
  4. jail
  5. bull pen
Noun
  • Published after her death at age 15 in a concentration camp, the diary became a classic of Holocaust literature and remains widely read.
    — Frank DiGiacomo, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
  • More than 250 were documented to have died in concentration camps.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of concentration camp
Noun
  • Mary Nelson, founder of Mary Nelson Youth Center, grew up in the migrant labor camps of central New York, caring for her younger siblings at only eight years old while her family worked the fields.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • He was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in a labor camp.
    — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of labor camp
Noun
  • An inmate who walked away from a Nevada County work camp on Independence Day was captured in Tijuana by Mexican authorities, said state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials on Monday.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of work camp
Noun
  • Detectives arrested Ramon without incident and booked him into county jail.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
  • Madden, McQuillion and Nelson are each out of custody, according to jail records.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of jail
Noun
  • With the bullpen overworked from a busy week — which featured a doubleheader Wednesday — manager Craig Counsell said Friday wasn’t the time to be aggressive.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • Opposing starters are going deep, and bullpens are staying well rested.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of bull pen

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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison%20camp. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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