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HereForTheParty

(915 posts) Tue Apr 15, 2025, 09:15 AM Apr 2025

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What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison [View all]

"What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern. sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process."

U.S. Holocaust Museum

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What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison [View all] HereForTheParty Apr 2025 OP

Oubliette Simeon Salus Apr 2025 #1

In a prison setting prisoners still have due process rights. flashman13 Apr 2025 #2

Thank you for the critically important distinction. JMCKUSICK Apr 2025 #3

CECOT is just a warehouse where Bukele sends people to die dalton99a Apr 2025 #4

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