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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
Noun
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The arrival platform at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was a place of unimaginable cruelty.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Get a close look at more than 400 photos and 500 original artifacts from those who survived and died at the concentration camp.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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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
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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 18 Feb. 2026.
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