We got a lite version of the soviet ones, political prisoners were dying in uranium mines (for example). Just imagine a nasty set of lefties from twitter deciding your fate in deadly conditions of a mine not designed "in safety in mind" and where your live had negative value.

This is thankfully just a distant past in this part of the world, but I'm sure it's still happening in some countries.

"A russian work camp" is not an unusual setting for hollywood or netflix etc. Of course it's often a very superficial version of such thing. But it exists and it's probably used more than nazi cc. Probably. That said nazis got the more "glamorous" spot - being the feature. Gulags are more of a "generic cold miserable place" playground.