detention camp
Example Sentences
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It focuses on a group called the French 75, who kick things off by liberating an immigration detention camp at the U.S.-Mexico border.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Escape attempts from the largest detention camp in northeast Syria, Al Hol, have increased this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
These long-standing facilities were joined this month by a slapdash detention camp in the Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025
Dressed in bright orange jumpsuits, the 20 men were brought to a temporary detention camp called X-Ray, where the cells were exposed cages and the beds mats on the floor.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025
By the payment of certain amounts they could bribe the overseers to let them stay on in the Kiev detention camp, or even have the liberty of the city.
From Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 by Pierce, Ruth
