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detention camp in American Englishnouna compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws Examples of 'detention camp' in a sentencedetention camp According to volunteers at the detention camp, 11 per cent of the migrants are women and 5 per cent children.He spent 22 hours a day in a cell at the detention camp for terror suspects.After recovering from his injuries, he was returned to detention camp, and released many months later.Prisoners in less harsh detention camps also used singing, radios and instruments to 'escape'.If they are caught, they will be locked up as illegal immigrants in detention camps.Thousands of people, including monks and nuns, were arrested and held in makeshift detention camps. |