former incarceration camp
C8348
concept
A former incarceration camp is a site previously used to detain individuals under restrictive or punitive conditions, which has since been closed, repurposed, or preserved as a historical or memorial location.
All labels observed (21)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| internment camp | 15 |
| World War II internment camp | 12 |
| former penal colony | 8 |
| transit camp | 6 |
| Nazi prison | 3 |
| World War II civilian internment camp | 2 |
| former clandestine detention and torture center | 2 |
| former internment camp | 2 |
| Allied military prison | 1 |
| Dutch colonial prison camp | 1 |
| Japanese American internment camp | 1 |
| Japanese internment camp | 1 |
| World War II camp administration | 1 |
| World War II-era detention facility | 1 |
| exile camp | 1 |
| former clandestine detention center | 1 |
| former incarceration camp canonical | 1 |
| former political prison | 1 |
| former prison camp site | 1 |
| former prisoner-of-war camp | 1 |
| site of political imprisonment | 1 |
Instances (56)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Friedland transit camp | transit camp |
| Amersfoort camp | transit camp |
| Batu Lintang camp administration | World War II camp administration |
| Port Arthur Historic Site | former penal colony |
| Boven Digoel | Dutch colonial prison camp |
| Cockatoo Island | former penal colony |
| Topaz War Relocation Center | Japanese American internment camp |
| Pawiak prison | Nazi prison |
| Weihsien Internment Camp | World War II civilian internment camp |
| Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site | former prisoner-of-war camp |
| Goli Otok | former prison camp site |
| Hay internment camps | World War II internment camp |
| War Criminals Prison No. 1 | Allied military prison |
| Târgu Jiu internment camp | internment camp |
|
Rivesaltes
surface form:
Camp de Rivesaltes
|
internment camp |
| Côn Lôn Islands | former penal colony |
| Îles du Salut | former penal colony |
| Heart Mountain Relocation Center | World War II internment camp |
| Theresienstadt concentration camp | transit camp |
| Gila River War Relocation Center | World War II internment camp |
| Poston War Relocation Center | World War II internment camp |
| Minidoka War Relocation Center | World War II internment camp |
| Rohwer War Relocation Center | World War II internment camp |
| Manzanar National Historic Site | — |
| Batu Lintang camp | World War II internment camp |
| Batu Lintang internment camp | World War II internment camp |
| Manzanar War Relocation Center | World War II internment camp |
| NKVD Special Camp No. 1 Mühlberg | internment camp |
| Speziallager | internment camp |
| Villa Grimaldi | former clandestine detention and torture center |
| Londres 38 | former clandestine detention and torture center |
| NKVD Special Camp No. 4 Bautzen | internment camp |
| NKVD Special Camp No. 5 Ketschendorf | internment camp |
| NKVD Special Camp No. 6 Jamlitz | internment camp |
| NKVD Special Camp No. 7 Weesow | internment camp |
| Long Kesh prison | internment camp |
| NKVD Special Camp No. 8 Torgau | internment camp |
| NKVD Special Camp No. 9 Fünfeichen | internment camp |
| Plötzensee Prison | Nazi prison |
| Amersfoort concentration camp | transit camp |
| Camp de la Transportation | former penal colony |
| Veenhuizen former prison village | former penal colony |
| British detention camps in Cyprus | internment camp |
| Camp d’Argelès | internment camp |
| Veenhuizen | former penal colony |
|
Shlisselburg
surface form:
Shlisselburg Fortress
|
former political prison |
| Stanley Internment Camp | World War II civilian internment camp |
| Weixian Civilian Assembly Center | World War II internment camp |
| Montelupich Prison | Nazi prison |
| Long Kesh, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | internment camp |