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labor camp

noun
1.
Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.
2.
a camp for the shelter of migratory farm workers.

Origin:
1895–1900

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labor camp

noun
a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor 
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