labor camp

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

He’s even better as Irish coal-seller Bill Furlong, another man forced to fight his conscience when he discovers that his local convent doubles as a labor camp for unwed moms.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

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

Other violations for both farms included a lack of training for Spanish- and Mandarin-speaking workers in a language they can understand and failing to secure labor camp permits for onsite worker housing.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2023

Without a common language to communicate with anyone, his loneliness on the cattle ranch became greater than it had been in the labor camp.

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