Camp Cupcake is a derogatory nickname for low-security federal prisons — the facilities considered so cushy compared to maximum-security institutions that they're mockingly named after a sweet treat. The term gained particular traction when it was applied to the federal prison in Alderson, West Virginia, where Martha Stewart served her sentence. The implication is that these prisons are soft, comfortable, and barely feel like punishment. Critics of the nickname argue it wildly misrepresents prison conditions regardless of security level.
The white-collar fraudster was sentenced to three years at what tabloids immediately called Camp Cupcake.
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(slang, derogatory) Any low-security prison.
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