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
Morey’s great-grandfather, who came here in 1892, was sent to a detention camp in Tuna Canyon where the feds kept the foreign-born it regarded as security risks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025
Aged 20, Ngamba was arrested, along with her brother Kennet, and sent from Manchester to a detention camp in London and at risk of being deported until being released a day later.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
Morris Foote, was taken prisoner, and escaped, with thrilling experiences, from a detention camp in South Carolina; while his brother, Lieut.
From The Story of Cooperstown by Birdsall, Ralph
