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
Dressed in bright orange jumpsuits, the 20 men were brought to a temporary detention camp called X-Ray, where the cells were exposed cages and the beds mats on the floor.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025
They raided landmarks such as the Biltmore and Beverly Hills hotels, and a detention camp was set up in Los Angeles’ Elysian Park to temporarily house the people picked up.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024
Now that I was free to leave the detention camp I perversely felt a desire to remain.
From With the French in France and Salonika by Davis, Richard Harding
