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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Sigourney Weaver returns as Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor when her ship crash lands near a maximum security prison.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
The inmate suspected of killing Lansing was not immediately identified by prison officials, who said he had been transferred to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Lucasville, Ohio.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
Co-star Clarence Maclin was also awarded best supporting actor for his role in the story of the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at the maximum security prison.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
The inmate suspected of killing Lansing was not immediately identified by prison officials, who said he had been transferred to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Lucasville, Ohio.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
Co-star Clarence Maclin was also awarded best supporting actor for his role in the story of the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at the maximum security prison.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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
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“Maximum security prison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximum%20security%20prison. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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