[Tagging] internment camps, prisons, refugee sites etc.

[Joseph Eisenberg]

Re: "tagging for places where people are held against their will"

Since we use the same tag for jails and prisons (amenity=prison) for "A
prison or jail where people are incarcerated", some of which are prison
camps (e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_prisons#Federal_prison_camps),
I don't see a problem with using amenity=prison for these camps.

Perhaps add prison=internment_camp to specify what time of amenity=prison
it is?

This is already a key prison_camp=* which seems to mostly be used for
historical, abandoned concentration camps, see
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/prison_camp#overview

- Joseph Eisenberg

On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 3:28 PM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Trying to find suitable tags for internment camps, it seemed we do not
> have anything established:
> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=internment#values
>
> Although the physical place may resemble a prison, I believe such sites
> should get distinct tagging from prisons to avoid confusion.
>
> First idea was amenity=internment_camp, but this would be unfortunate as
> it would not allow to combine the tag with other tags, e.g.
> amenity=refugee_site, so maybe man_made=internment_camp would be more
> suitable?
>
> Are you aware of established tagging for places where people are held
> against their will, without accusations or trial, and which may be operated
> by the military, but also not?
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
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