While they have always been referred to as "internment" camps, many of those who survived through the camps say these were prison camps, set up by the United States federal government in attempts to remove all Asian Americans from United States territories following Pearl Harbor.
SOURCES:
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans
https://www.history.com/news/japanese-internment-camp-wwii-photos
https://www.britannica.com/event/Japanese-American-internment
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