[1] Several reliable sources indicate that there were only 25 or 26 camps holding exclusively prisoners from foreign countries, nearly all from Germany.
The prisoners were given various tasks; many worked in the forests as logging crews or on nearby farms; they were paid a nominal amount for their labour.
[3] The largest number of military prisoners of war was recorded as 33,798 by several sources.
[6][7][8] In addition to POWs, some civilian internees were held in the camps and some estimates include such prisoners.
It is told that a group of German prisoners returned to Ozada camp after escaping because of encountering a grizzly bear.