labor camp

American  

noun

1. Also called slave labor camp.  a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.

2. a camp for the shelter of migratory farm workers.

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Etymology

Origin of labor camp

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

From there he was transferred to a labor camp, where breakfast was raw, ground horse meat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The state Supreme Court unanimously overturned their trespassing convictions two years later, cementing that labor camp residents have a right to receive visitors and information about community services.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

According to U.S. officials, King - who chose to serve his time at a labor camp rather than pay the nearly $4,000 fine - has been declared AWOL.

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Mr. Helfgott was sent to Schlieben, a Buchenwald sub-camp, leaving his father behind, before spending his final weeks in captivity at the Theresienstadt labor camp and ghetto in Czechoslovakia.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023

We started walking toward the labor camp, following the same route we had taken that morning.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez