labour camp
Forced work facility
A labour camp is a detention facility where prisoners are forced to perform hard physical work, typically under harsh conditions.
The term most often refers to Soviet gulags or Nazi concentration camps, where political prisoners and other detainees labored under brutal circumstances.
Also spelled *labor camp* in American English.
Millions perished in Stalin's labour camps.
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
- penal colonyDistant settlement for exiled criminals
- detentionTemporary official holding
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- guardWatchful defensive attention
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labour campfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free society · open society · sanctuary · refuge
labour camprehabilitation center
Facility for overcoming dependency
treatment facility · recovery center · wellness retreat · healing center · health spa
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