Editing Concentration camp (section)

{{Short description|Form of internment camp for political prisoners}}
{{Not to be confused with|Extermination camp}}[[File:Boercamp1.jpg|thumb|[[Boers|Boer]] women and children in a [[Second Boer War concentration camps|Second Boer War concentration camp]] in South Africa (1899–1902)|270x270px]]

A '''concentration camp ''' is a [[prison]] or other facility used for the [[internment]] of [[political prisoners]] or politically targeted [[demographics]], such as members of national or [[ethnic minority]] groups, on the grounds of [[national security]], or for exploitation or punishment.<ref name="Britannica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/concentration-camp|title=Concentration camp &#124; Facts, History, Maps, & Definition |website="Britannica"}}</ref> 

Prominent examples of historic concentration camps include the British confinement of non-combatants during the [[Second Boer War]], the [[Internment of Japanese Americans|mass internment of Japanese-Americans by the US]] during the [[Second World War]], the [[Nazi concentration camps]] (which later morphed into [[extermination camp]]s), and the Soviet labour camps or [[gulag]].<ref name="Britannica"/>