detention camp
Example Sentences
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Escape attempts from the largest detention camp in northeast Syria, Al Hol, have increased this year.
Thousands still sit in detention camps in the area.
The detention camp contract at Fort Bliss, which could eventually hold 5,000 people, was awarded to a consortium of firms led by a company on the military contracting list for over $1 billion.
From Salon
Bliss, the U.S. is constructing a new 5,000-bed immigrant detention camp.
From Los Angeles Times
Hundreds of foreign fighters and their families have been held in detention camps in north-west Syria for years, including dozens from the UK.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.