maximum security prison
noun
: a prison that does as much as possible to keep prisoners from escaping and watches them very closely
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But Bob Templin has also been a constant advocate and supporter for his son, driving down from the Coeur d’Alene area to Boise to visit Bobby Templin behind glass panels at the maximum security prison for years.
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Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2025
The drug kingpin was convicted for running an industrial-scale drug smuggling operation and is serving his sentence at a maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
Questions over legality In 2023, Bukele opened a maximum security prison known as CECOT.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
Andry José Hernández Romero was among the Venezuelan nationals transferred to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2025
The drug kingpin was convicted for running an industrial-scale drug smuggling operation and is serving his sentence at a maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
Questions over legality In 2023, Bukele opened a maximum security prison known as CECOT.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
Andry José Hernández Romero was among the Venezuelan nationals transferred to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Maximum security prison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximum%20security%20prison. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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