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    Learn more about the different types of detention facilities in the Densho Encyclopedia

    Concentration Camps

    Ten large self-contained communities constructed by the War Relocation Authority to incarcerate persons of Japanese ancestry.

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    Temporary Assembly Centers

    Hastily-built temporary camps on the West Coast for holding people of Japanese ancestry before more permanent camps were erected.

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    Immigration Detention Centers

    Temporary holding facilities for foreign nationals considered "enemy aliens."

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    Department of Justice Internment Camps

    Facilities operated by the Department of Justice that interned foreign nationals considered "enemy aliens."

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    U.S. Army Internment Camps

    U.S. Army sites in Hawaii, Alaska and the mainland that interned foreign nationals considered "enemy aliens."

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    Citizen Isolation Centers

    Detention centers that held U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry who had been labeled as "troublemakers" by concentration camp administrators.

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    Additional Facilities

    Sites that served as emergency short-term housing to defuse tensions at the concentration camps.

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    U.S. Federal Prisons

    Prisons that held U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry who resisted the military draft.

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