prisoner of war censorship

[Miltensl]

military censorship of communication to and from prisoners of war and civilian internees held by the armed forces

[Nemroktany 0]

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase prisoner of war dates back to 1610.Belligerents hold prisoners of war in custody for a range of legitimate and illegitimate reasons, such as isolating them from the enemy combatants still in the field (releasing and repatriating them in an orderly manner after hostilities), demonstrating military victory, punishing them, prosecuting them for war crimes, exploiting them for their labour, recruiting or even conscripting them as their own combatants, collecting military and political intelligence from them, or indoctrinating them in new political or religious beliefs.

[Vania]

Prisoner of war censorship refers to the monitoring, reviewing, sometimes withholding, and altering of communication between prisoners of war and the outside world, often by the detaining power’s authorities. The censorship could include letters, emails, or any other forms of communication. This is mainly aimed to prevent the exchange of information that could be damaging or detrimental to the detaining power or compromise their security.