high-security

adjective

: carefully locked, protected, or guarded
a high-security prison/facility

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Ernesto Borges Pérez, a former Cuban counterintelligence officer who served 27 years in prison after he was convicted of spying for the U.S., was released Thursday from the high-security Combinado del Este prison in Havana. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025 Even WikiLeaks founder and activist Julian Assange and his wife were outfitted by the designer for their wedding, which took place in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London. Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025 Prison Business In 2010, the Hebei Prison Administration Bureau combined three detention facilities to create a high-security prison in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province. Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2025 Most recently, the deportation of groups of Venezuelan migrants and an American citizen to El Salvador, where they have been held in a high-security prison for gangs, with little evidence to support alleged gang affiliations, has also fueled legal battles and fierce political fights. Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-security

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“High-security.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-security. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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