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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El Chapo Guzman was extradited to the United States in 2017 and is serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison. Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 26 July 2024 The department said that the two inmates involved were transported to the state’s maximum security prison, and the Stillwater prison is on lockdown while an investigation is underway. San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024 Days after being acquitted in a second trial on charges of shooting two men in a car near a Boston nightclub, Hernandez died by suicide inside a Massachusetts maximum security prison in 2017. Max Gao, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024 The podcast dug into Hernandez’s life and career, along with his arrest, eventual conviction for murder and his death by suicide inside a Massachusetts maximum security prison. Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for maximum security prison 

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“Maximum security prison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximum%20security%20prison. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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