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prison camp

NOUN
detention camp
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While other memoirists have described the concentrated essence of Soviet life as that of a prison camp, Freidenberg discovered it in the siege—“the siege of the human being,” as she put it.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

This is a prison camp that does not house sex offenders, nor those with the 20-year sentence Maxwell has.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2025

He was captured in 2003 and is being held in Guantanamo Bay, the US prison camp in Cuba.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2025

He is being held in a minimum security federal prison camp in Montgomery, Alabama, with a release date in September of next year.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 2024

Alongside our camp is the big Russian prison camp.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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