prison camp
Americannoun
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a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
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a camp for less dangerous prisoners assigned to outdoor work, usually for the government.
Etymology
Origin of prison camp
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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State correctional officials said Miguel Banuelos, 49, walked away from a prison camp — Washington Ridge Conservation Camp — in Northern California on July 4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
Dmitry Luksha built up muscles breaking rocks in a Belarusian prison camp, put to work alongside men convicted of murder and drug smuggling.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
It was forbidden to enter the prison camp, but Lulu persuaded a Japanese commandant to let her see her brother.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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