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Recent Examples of work camp
At its peak, the prison held 3,000 inmates in 30 work camps across the island.
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Maya Duclay, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
The officials are using the existing minimum security prison work camp in McCook, located around 210 miles west of Lincoln.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
Work Ethic Camp, a minimum security prison work camp in McCook, Nebraska, will be used as the site of the immigration detention center.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
What's Next Corrections Director Rob Jeffreys said the 186 inmates now at the McCook work camp will be moved to other state prisons within 45 to 60 days.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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Maya Duclay, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
The officials are using the existing minimum security prison work camp in McCook, located around 210 miles west of Lincoln.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
Work Ethic Camp, a minimum security prison work camp in McCook, Nebraska, will be used as the site of the immigration detention center.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
What's Next Corrections Director Rob Jeffreys said the 186 inmates now at the McCook work camp will be moved to other state prisons within 45 to 60 days.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for work camp
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Many did not experience concentration camps but were forced to flee villages and towns as Nazi forces advanced, destroying homes and killing millions.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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In the Czech Republic, a candlelight march is planned for the evening in Terezin at the site of the former Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt.—
Vanessa Gera,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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In another extraordinary anecdote, Chang describes hitchhiking her way across remote China to a labor camp her father was being held in, to lift his spirits.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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People were forced into labor camps in the countryside; schools and temples were turned into prisons; and paddy fields were used as execution sites.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
14 Dec. 2025
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After Japan's surrender at the end of the war, Mino was captured as a prisoner of war and sent to a Siberian prison camp in Russia.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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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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“Work camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20camp. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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