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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Maxwell is serving out her sentence at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where she was transferred last summer from a much less comfortable maximum security prison in Florida. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 He is being held at a maximum security prison located south of Boise, Idaho. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026 Last week relatives and activists said the artist had been moved from a maximum security prison in Guanajay, in the province of Artemisa, to an unknown location. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026 And then, ultimately, in a maximum security prison in Britain. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 June 2026 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 1 Sep. 2026.

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