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Recent Examples of prison camp
Holmes, 41, is currently serving out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum security federal prison camp approximately 100 miles from Houston.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison camp
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Britain was being relentlessly bombed by the Luftwaffe, Germany had invaded France, Belgium, and Holland, and the concentration camp at Auschwitz had opened.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Max Silnicki, who runs the Washington Avenue Barber Shop, shaved the heads of 10,000 Jews in Nazi concentration camps before they were cremated.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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In The Weight, Hawke plays Samuel Murphy, who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer played by Russell Crowe.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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In one, she was sent to a labor camp after giving birth.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 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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Penny is taken away, and Murphy winds up at a prisoner work camp led by the baseball-loving, vaguely sadistic warden Clancy (Russell Crowe).—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2026
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Shojinaga has remained behind bars since then, according to jail records.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
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There is no grace period for this law, meaning trans and nonbinary people will have immediately invalid documents putting them at risk of a US$1,000 fine and up to six months in jail for driving with an invalid license.—
Noelle Martin,
The Conversation,
1 Mar. 2026
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Junk entered camp as a contender for a roster spot, either in the back end of the rotation or as a swingman/long reliever out of the bullpen.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ethan Walker and Sam Cozart came out of the bullpen to calm the Lamar bats down.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison%20camp. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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