prison camp
Barbed-wire detention facility
A prison camp is a facility for confining prisoners, typically in a remote or temporary setting rather than a permanent prison.
The term often refers to camps holding prisoners of war or political detainees: Soviet prison camps in Siberia, He spent three years in a prison camp.
Prison camps are associated with harsh conditions, forced labor, and historical atrocities.
State of being confined
- cellsBasic biological units
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- barbed wireSpiked metal fence material
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
solitary · isolation · custody · enclosure · restrictions · lockdown · detention · caged
Nazi extermination camp
- DachauNazi concentration camp
- HolocaustNazi genocide of Jews
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- SovietOf the USSR
gulag · Andersonville · Bataan · genocide · atrocity · memorial · survivor · testimony
Compelled toil, no consent
- hard laborStrenuous punitive work
- work detailAssigned labor crew
- chain gangShackled convict work crew
- quarryPit for extracting rock
mining · toil · exhaustion · starvation · exploitation · punishment · rations · quotas
Combined into one
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- guardhouseSentry post structure
stockade · fence · bunks · latrine · mess hall · infirmary · roll call · searchlight
Taken by force
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- Geneva ConventionWartime humanitarian law treaties
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
escape attempt · tunnel · liberation · captor · enemy · soldier · airman · stalag
Supervisory custodian of place
- guardsProtectors or watchmen
- commandantOfficer overseeing military post
- sentryGuard on duty
- patrolRegular surveillance route
kapo · trustee · overseer · interrogator · officer · supervisor · escort · detail
Permanent change of residence
- civilianNon-military person
- interneePerson held in custody
- displacedShifted from proper location
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
exile · segregation · wartime · Japanese American · Uighur · roundup · registration · mass detention
captivity
State of being confined
- cellsBasic biological units
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- barbed wireSpiked metal fence material
fences · solitary · isolation · custody · enclosure · restrictions · lockdown · detention · caged · confined
Auschwitz
Nazi extermination camp
Soviet · gulag · Andersonville · Bataan · genocide · atrocity · memorial · survivor · testimony · liberation
forced labor
Compelled toil, no consent
- hard laborStrenuous punitive work
- work detailAssigned labor crew
- chain gangShackled convict work crew
quarry · mining · toil · exhaustion · starvation · exploitation · punishment · rations · quotas · gulag
compound
Combined into one
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- watchtowerElevated structure for surveillance
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
guardhouse · stockade · fence · bunks · latrine · mess hall · infirmary · roll call · searchlight · gate
captured
Taken by force
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- Geneva ConventionWartime humanitarian law treaties
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
interrogation · escape attempt · tunnel · liberation · captor · enemy · soldier · airman · stalag · Hanoi Hilton
warden
Supervisory custodian of place
- guardsProtectors or watchmen
- commandantOfficer overseeing military post
- sentryGuard on duty
patrol · kapo · trustee · overseer · interrogator · officer · supervisor · escort · detail · turnkey
relocation
Permanent change of residence
resettlement · exile · segregation · wartime · Japanese American · Uighur · roundup · registration · mass detention · ethnic
- prison campsgulags, internment, POW, stalag, detention centers
- prisonsinmates, cells, prisons, penitentiary, guards
- campstent, tents, shelters, bivouac, tent city
- imprisonmentjail, cells, captivity, dungeons, inmate
- detentionjail, detention centers, captive, detention orders, captivity
- detention facilitiesjail, cells, holding cell, inmates, detention center
prison campfreedom
Absence of constraint
free world · liberty · open society · sanctuary · refuge
prison campluxury resort
Lavish vacation accommodation
resort · country club · holiday camp · summer camp · spa
prison campvacation
Leisure time away
holiday · retreat · getaway · recreation center · celebration
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