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prison camp

NOUN
detention camp
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On May 4, 1945, at Gunskirchen, a Nazi prison camp in Austria, Edith was found by U.S. soldiers in a heap of people dead or dying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

She began serving her term in May 2023, at a women’s prison camp outside Houston.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025

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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2025

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

Indeed, just two people other than Shin are known to have escaped from any political prison camp in North Korea and made it to the West.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden


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