https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/concentration-camps-1933-39 https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/concentrat... What distinguishe

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/concentration-camps-1933-39 https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/concentrat... 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.