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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The movie features a number of nonprofessional actors and men who were formerly incarcerated at the maximum security prison.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Osiel Cardenas Guillen, 57, was serving a 25-year sentence in a U.S. maximum security prison before he was handed over to immigration enforcement officers in August.
—Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Pressure Point tells the story of renowned playwright Lars Norén and producer Isa Stenberg who join forces with dangerous inmates, including Neo-Nazis, in a maximum security prison to create a new play.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2025
Three miles from her home, those chickens — which now total around 7.5 million — are raised in massive warehouses on a sprawling complex run by Fremont Farms, which from the outside looks more like a maximum security prison than an egg farm.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Osiel Cardenas Guillen, 57, was serving a 25-year sentence in a U.S. maximum security prison before he was handed over to immigration enforcement officers in August.
—Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Pressure Point tells the story of renowned playwright Lars Norén and producer Isa Stenberg who join forces with dangerous inmates, including Neo-Nazis, in a maximum security prison to create a new play.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2025
Three miles from her home, those chickens — which now total around 7.5 million — are raised in massive warehouses on a sprawling complex run by Fremont Farms, which from the outside looks more like a maximum security prison than an egg farm.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
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