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Recent Examples of prison camp
Holmes, 41, has two small children and is serving her term at a minimum-security prison camp northwest of Houston.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Holmes, 41, is currently serving out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum security federal prison camp approximately 100 miles from Houston.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
The following March, Navarro—at the age of seventy-four—began a four-month sentence in a senior dorm at a federal prison camp in Miami.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Just a week later, Maxwell was moved to a more permissive prison camp in Texas.
—NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Holmes, 41, is currently serving out her sentence at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum security federal prison camp approximately 100 miles from Houston.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
The following March, Navarro—at the age of seventy-four—began a four-month sentence in a senior dorm at a federal prison camp in Miami.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Just a week later, Maxwell was moved to a more permissive prison camp in Texas.
—NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison camp
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His mother, who was in attendance Sunday, was born in a Nazi concentration camp, while Bennet told the crowd at the hotel in downtown Denver that much of his Polish mother’s family were killed in the Holocaust.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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His teenage years were spent in concentration camps.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
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In The Weight, Hawke plays Samuel Murphy, who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer played by Russell Crowe.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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In one, she was sent to a labor camp after giving birth.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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An inmate serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree burglary walked away from a state prison work camp Monday night in El Dorado County, state officials said.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Penny is taken away, and Murphy winds up at a prisoner work camp led by the baseball-loving, vaguely sadistic warden Clancy (Russell Crowe).—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Sheriff’s Office committed to removing tie-off points from its jails but has not yet completed those renovations.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Police said five suspects were detained for questioning, and 17-year-old Maverik Parish was arrested and faces a murder charge, according to jail records.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026
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Junk entered camp as a contender for a roster spot, either in the back end of the rotation or as a swingman/long reliever out of the bullpen.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ethan Walker and Sam Cozart came out of the bullpen to calm the Lamar bats down.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison%20camp. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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