prison camp

noun

1. a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.

2. a camp for less dangerous prisoners assigned to outdoor work, usually for the government.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prison camp¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The British, Australian and Indian prisoners were herded into Changi prison camp, where they were put on brutal work gangs and pushed to near-starvation.

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While her fellow inmates were confined to their dormitories after breakfast, Maxwell met with several visitors in the federal prison camp’s chapel, according to people familiar with the matter.

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During World War II, the British and U.S. military hid money, maps and tools in Monopoly board games and sent them via fake charities to soldiers and airmen held in German prison camps.

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Russian officials and prison authorities have said it occurred suddenly after he collapsed during exercise at a prison camp above the Arctic Circle, where he was serving out a lengthy sentence.

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Federal troops are wreaking havoc in the streets, people are being abducted and sent to prison camps — or disappeared entirely — and the military is executing orders to murder foreign civilians on the high seas.

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Related Words

• concentration camp 
• gulag 
• internment camp