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==Examples== {{main|List of concentration and internment camps}} ===Active=== [[File:Xinjiang Internment Map, US-Aus Gov Assessment.jpg|thumb|Map of the [[Xinjiang internment camps]] in China based on data collected by the US [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] and the [[Australian Strategic Policy Institute]]]] *[[Prisons in North Korea#Internment camps for political prisoners|North Korean prison camps]] (1948–present)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/north-korea-forced-labour-survivor-camp-15-hermit-kingdom-kim-jong-un-a7971926.html|title=Life inside a North Korea labour camp: 'We were forced to throw rocks at a man being hanged'|date=28 September 2017|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nkdb.org/bbs1/data/publication/Political_Prison_Camp_in_North_Korea_Today.pdf|title=Political Prison Camps in North Korea Today|date=2013-10-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019141624/http://nkdb.org/bbs1/data/publication/Political_Prison_Camp_in_North_Korea_Today.pdf|archive-date=19 October 2013|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> *[[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] (2002–present)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-qahtani-salahi-torture|title=Guantánamo Bay files: Torture gets results, US military insists|last=Leigh|first=David|date=2011-04-25|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-18|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ama.com.au/sites/default/files/Prof_David_Isaacs_Speech.pdf|title=Professor David Isaacs Speech}}</ref> *[[Slavery in Libya#Slavery in the post-Gaddafi era|Refugee detention centres]] in Libya (2011–present)<ref>{{citation|title=EXCLUSIVE: Italian doctor laments Libya's 'concentration camps' for migrants| date=15 November 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTgAdth2jmk&list=PLSyY1udCyYqCACdN9kIuTYlcsJhVqf2At&index=29|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/aTgAdth2jmk| archive-date=2021-10-30|access-date=2019-12-18}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/13832/europe-s-apathy-toward-humanitarian-rescue-outrages-ngos|title=Europe's apathy toward humanitarian rescue outrages NGOs|date=2018-12-11|website=InfoMigrants|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/11/25/what-the-danish-lawrence-learned-in-libya/|title=What the 'Danish Lawrence' Learned in Libya (5th paragraph from the last one)|last=Wehrey|first=Frederic|date=2019-11-25|website=The New York Review of Books|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.5198437/detained-migrants-killed-in-libya-airstrike-used-as-human-shields-doctors-without-borders-1.5198498|title=Detained migrants killed in Libya airstrike used as 'human shields'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/international/021219/france-cancels-speedboats-delivery-libyan-coastguard|title=France cancels speedboats delivery to Libyan coastguard|last=Mediapart|first=La Rédaction De|website=Mediapart|date=2 December 2019 |access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> *[[Xinjiang re-education camps|Uyghur re-education camps]] in China (2017–present)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=China is creating concentration camps in Xinjiang. Here's how we hold it accountable |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/china-is-creating-concentration-camps-in-xinjiang-heres-how-we-hold-it-accountable/2018/11/23/93dd8c34-e9d6-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=24 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Saudi crown prince defends China's right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/22/saudi-crown-prince-defends-chinas-right-put-uighur-muslims-concentration/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/22/saudi-crown-prince-defends-chinas-right-put-uighur-muslims-concentration/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=22 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[Anti-gay purges in Chechnya|Anti-gay detention camps]] in Chechnya (2017–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/at-least-100-gay-men-have-been-rounded-up-and-thrown-in-concentration-camps-in-chechnya/news-story/89553c2517a227ff20c57bef35cd78b3|title=The persecution of gay men in Chechnya has chilling similarities to the Third Reich|date=2017-04-19|website=NewsComAu|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/01/15/russian-lgbt-network-reports-arrests-torture-and-deaths-part-chechnya-gay-purge-accusation|title=Is there a 'gay purge' in Chechnya? Rights group fears the worst|last=Stefanello|first=Viola|date=2019-01-15|website=euronews|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/04/11/chechnya-concentration-camp-homosexuals/|title=Report: Chechnya Opens 'Concentration Camp for Homosexuals'|website=Snopes.com|date=11 April 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2017-003094_EN.pdf|title=Question to the EU Commission by Matt Carthy}}</ref> *[[Trump administration migrant detentions|Migrant detentions]] as part of [[immigration detention in the United States]] (2018–present)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Movement to call migrant detention centers 'concentration camps' swells online |url=https://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/migrant-detention-centers-concentration-camps-tx-12994549.php |last=Ramirez |first=Fernando |date=2018-06-14 |work=[[Houston Chronicle|Chron]] |quote=The practice of separating migrant families began in April when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new "zero-tolerance" policy prosecuting 100 percent of illegal border crossings.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hignett |first1=Katherine |title=Academics rally behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over concentration camp comments: 'She is completely historically accurate' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-concentration-camps-immigrants-detention-centers-southern-border-experts-1445483 |website=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=23 August 2019 |date=24 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a27813648/concentration-camps-southern-border-migrant-detention-facilities-trump/|title=An Expert on Concentration Camps Says That's Exactly What the U.S. Is Running at the Border|last=Holmes|first=Jack|date=2019-06-13|website=Esquire|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Beorn |first1=Waitman Wade |title=Yes, you can call the border centers 'concentration camps,' but apply the history with care |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/20/yes-you-can-call-the-border-detention-centers-concentration-camps-but-apply-the-history-with-care |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=30 August 2019 |date=20 June 2018}}</ref> *[[Internment camps in Ethiopia]] during the [[Tigray War]] and the [[War in Amhara]] (2020–present).<ref name="Salon_eyewitness_Tigrayan_children">{{cite Q|Q125771844|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GlobeMail_they_just_vanished">{{cite Q|Q125771289|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guardian_warning_signs_genocide">{{cite news | last1= Clark | first1= Helen |author1-link=Helen Clark (British politician) | last2= Lapsley | first2= Michael |author2-link=Michael Lapsley|last3=Alton |first3=David |author3-link=David Alton | title= The warning signs are there for genocide in Ethiopia – the world must act to prevent it | date= 2021-11-26 |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/26/ethiopia-genocide-warning-signs-abiy-ahmed |access-date=2021-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127031651/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/26/ethiopia-genocide-warning-signs-abiy-ahmed |archive-date= 2021-11-27 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ECLJ_silent_suffering_Amhara">{{cite Q|Q125791341|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Russian filtration camps for Ukrainians|Russian filtration camps in Ukraine]] during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] (2022–present)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/thousands-of-mariupol-survivors-being-detained-and-e2-80-98tortured-e2-80-99-in-russia-controlled-prisons-in-occupied-ukraine/ar-AAXrRjm | title=Thousands of Mariupol survivors being detained and 'tortured' in Russian-controlled prisons | website=[[MSN]] | publisher=[[The i Paper]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-25 |title='You can't imagine the conditions' - Accounts emerge of Russian detention camps |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61208404 |access-date=2024-05-29 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/831791.html | title=Ukraine calls on UNSC, UN Secretary General to ensure evacuation of wounded from Azovstal }}</ref> *[[Sde Teiman detention camp]] in [[Israel]] during the [[Gaza war]] (2024–present) *[[Immigration to Italy|Italian migrant detention camps]] in [[Albania]] (2024–present)<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/europe/italy-migrants-albania-centers-intl-cmd/index.html Italy’s hard-right government set to send sea migrants to Albania in bid to curb arrivals]. CNN</ref><ref>[https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-offshore-detention-centers-albania-migration-asylum-processing-giorgia-meloni/ Italy’s offshore detention centers in Albania open for business]. Politico</ref> ===Closed=== *[[Abercorn Barracks]], [[Northern Ireland]] (sometimes referred to as Ballykinlar Barracks) (1919–1921, 1971) *[[Reconcentration policy]] during Cuba's War of Independence from Spain (1896–1898) *[[Second Boer War concentration camps|Second Boer War in South Africa]] (1900–1902) *[[Curragh Camp]] in Ireland (1939–1946, 1957–1959). Curragh Camp was by far the largest, at least 30 other prisons and camps were used throughout the country.<ref>{{cite report |author= |author-link= |date=2017 |title=Civil War Internment Collection |url=https://www.militaryarchives.ie/collections/reading-room-collections/civil-war-internment-collection-1922-1925 |publisher=Defense Forces of Ireland |page= |docket= |access-date=22 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref> *[[Cyprus internment camps]] (1946–1949) *[[Reconcentrados]] "Zones of Protection" 1901, [[Philippine-American War]] *[[Herero and Namaqua genocide#Concentration camps|Herero and Namaqua genocide]] (1904–1907) *[[Deir ez-Zor Camps|Concentration of Armenians during the Armenian Genocide]] (1915–1916) * [[Internment camps in France]] and its colonies (1910s-1960s) *[[Finnish Civil War prison camps|Finnish Civil War]] (1918) *[[Frongoch internment camp]] British camp used for WWI and Irish 1916 [[Easter Rising]] prisoners *[[Gormanston Camp]] in the [[Irish Free State]] (1922–1923) *Malayan [[New village]]s as part of the [[Briggs Plan]] during the [[Malayan Emergency]] (1950–1960) *[[List of Italian concentration camps|Italian concentration camps in Africa and Europe]] (1930–1944) *[[HM Prison Maze]] in Northern Ireland (1971–1975), previously known as Long Kesh Detention Centre, and known colloquially as the Maze or H-Blocks) *[[Nazi concentration camps|German concentration camps before and during World War II]] (1933–1945) *[[List of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II|Japanese internment of prisoners of war and civilians]] during [[World War II]] (ended 1945) *[[Internment of Japanese Americans|Japanese-American internment camps in World War II]] (1942–1946) *[[Japanese Canadian internment]] (1942–1949) *[[Deoli internment camp]] [[Internment of Chinese-Indians|in India]] (1962–1967) *[[Omarska camp]] in Bosnia, 1992 *[[Dretelj camp]] (1992–1995) *[[Camp Bucca]] in Iraq (2003–2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalpolicy.org/images/pdfs/0422detention.pdf|title=Open Letter to Members of the Security Counsel Concerning Detentions in Iraq}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/7674-largest-american-internment-camp-iraq-shuts-down|title=Largest American Internment Camp in Iraq Shuts Down {{!}} The Takeaway|website=WNYC Studios|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ritholtz.com/2014/12/how-u-s-torture-led-to-the-rise-of-isis/|title=How U.S. Torture Led to the Rise of ISIS|date=2014-12-23|website=The Big Picture|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> *[[Abu Ghraib prison]] in Iraq (1980–2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB108388925325204831|title=Excerpts From Red Cross Report|date=2004-05-07|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=2019-12-17|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/breaking-out-of-abu-ghraib|title=Breaking Out of Abu Ghraib|last=Anderson|first=Jon Lee|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2013-07-26|access-date=2019-12-17|issn=0028-792X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=26496|title=Defense.gov News Article: Abuse Resulted From Leadership Failure, Taguba Tells Senators|website=archive.defense.gov|access-date=2019-12-17|archive-date=21 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521223835/https://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=26496|url-status=dead}}</ref> <gallery mode="packed" heights="115" style="font-size:88%;line-height:120%"> File:Armrefugees.jpg|Armenian refugees collected near the body of a dead horse at [[Deir ez-Zor camps|Deir ez-Zor]], during the [[Armenian genocide]] File:Tampere prison camp women.jpg|Women at the [[Kalevankangas camp|Kalevankangas concentration camp]] of [[Tampere]] in 1918, several months after the [[Finnish Civil War]] File:Vorkuta a.jpg|Aerial view of the [[Vorkutlag]], a major Russian [[gulag]] File:Al-Magroon Concentration Camp.jpg|Inmates at [[El Agheila]], one of the [[Italian concentration camps in Libya|Italian concentration camps]] during the [[Italian colonization of Libya]] File:Boven-Digoel.jpg|Indonesian prisoners being exiled to the Dutch camp of [[Boven-Digoel concentration camp|Boven-Digoel]], 1927 File:"Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from San Pedro. Evacuees lived at this center at - NARA - 539960.jpg|[[Manzanar]] internment camp for Japanese-Americans in 1942 File:New Village in Malaya, 1950s.jpg|A British model [[new village]], designed as part of the [[Briggs Plan]] to separate the largely Chinese Malaysian rural populace from communist guerrillas during the [[Malayan Emergency]] (1948–1960) File:Photo de l'infirmerie et des locaux disiplinaire du camp de Thol.jpg|Camp de Thol, one of the [[Internment camps in France|French concentration camps]] for Algerians used during the [[Algerian War]]<ref>{{cite journal |language=fr |author=Arthur Grosjean |title=Internement, emprisonnement et guerre d'indépendance algérienne en métropole : l'exemple du camp de Thol (1958-1965) |journal=Criminocorpus. Revue d'Histoire de la justice, des crimes et des peines |date=10 March 2014 |doi=10.4000/criminocorpus.2676 |s2cid=162123460 |url=http://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/2676 |access-date=7 November 2022 |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107072404/https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/2676 |url-status=live }}</ref> </gallery>
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