prison camp

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Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia, his parents fled from imminent Nazi occupation when he was still a baby and went to Singapore, where his father died in a Japanese prison camp.

From BBC

The report gave details of rampant state-led rights abuses in communities, prison camps and elsewhere, including public executions, torture and arbitrary arrests.

From Reuters

According to the report, many victims of enforced disappearance within North Korea were sent, often for life, to political prison camps or other detention sites.

From Reuters

Fortified zones were carved out of cities, prison camps and strongholds out of towns.

From New York Times

That confidence paid off when his stark production, set in a prison camp, was a critical and popular hit.

From New York Times