maximum security

English

Noun

maximum security (uncountable)

  1. a prison with more restrictions designed to hold the most dangerous criminals of society; supermax.
    • 1990 June, J. Bennett, “Mission improbable”, in Washington Monthly, volume 22, number 5, page 22:
      Younis is now serving 30 years in maximum security.
    • 1993 December 26, “Crime and Punishment; Building More Prisons and Jails Does Not Seem to Be the Answer to High Rate of Crime in US”, in CBS_Sixty Minutes:
      Mike Wallace: (Voiceover) [] They were released straight out of maximum security, solitary confinement, and then dropped off at this small-town bus stop nearby.
    • 2002 August 26, Kirk Mitchell, “Stuck Inside: Fakers deemed sane are often confined by the state indefinitely”, in Denver Post, page A-01:
      While in maximum security, Glennie has been assaulted four times.
    • c. 2008, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      ...and this is the maximum security level.

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