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Since governments don't like having large numbers of 'potential enemies' running around loose in their back yard, something must be done about them. The answer to this problem is an internment camp. It's basically a POW camp for civilians. Since they are almost always run by the military, we can consider them to be closely related, and therefore included. The concentration camp is the evil twin to the internment camp. Its main objective is to contain political prisoners for either extermination or to keep them handily available for slave labor. While detainees at an internment camp are generally not mistreated, detainees at a concentration camp can expect nothing but constant pain and hunger or instant death at any moment. Any way you look at it, you don't want to be a resident of any of these. Unless you're a guard.

 

 

* Important to remember: the Geneva Conventions are treaties that set standards for how POWs are supposed to be treated. They haven't always been honored -- both in fiction and in [[Real Life]]. Camp guards have figured that it's [[Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught]] -- but if someone does get caught, it's [[Serious Business]] of the "kiss your military career goodbye" variety.

* ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]''. A man and his son are sent to a concentration camp, the father acting like it's all a game to hide the truth from his son.

* ''[[Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay]]'' They aren't inmates, though.

 

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