detention camp
Example Sentences
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Escape attempts from the largest detention camp in northeast Syria, Al Hol, have increased this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
After about a month, she and Nijaz were finally released from the detention camp in December 1992.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2025
Bliss, the U.S. is constructing a new 5,000-bed immigrant detention camp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2025
In 2008, Judge Urbina ordered the release of a number of prisoners being held at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, including 17 from the Uyghur Muslim minority in western China.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
And suddenly I saw the letter about the Jewish detention camp, which I had forgotten all about.
From Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 by Ruth Pierce