high-security

adjective

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

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He’d been transferred to George Bailey Detention Facility, a high-security jail that lacks a psychiatric unit. Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025 Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem appeared to sport a flashy gold Rolex watch worth nearly $60,000 while filming inside a high-security mega-prison in El Salvador. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited El Salvador's high-security Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca on Wednesday, where recently deported Venezuelan migrants accused by the Trump administration of gang affiliations are being held. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025 Read More: What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced In his statement, Rodríguez referred to the deportation by Donald Trump’s government of some 250 Venezuelans to a high-security prison in El Salvador. Associated Press, TIME, 23 Mar. 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 10 Apr. 2025.

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