high-security

adjective

: carefully locked, protected, or guarded
a high-security prison/facility

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However, he was sent back to the high-security prison in 1962 and stayed there until he was transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 May 2025 Trump's proposal saw backlash over the weekend, with concerns around the cost to bring the prison back into everyday use as a high-security facility, as well as the logistics of such an operation. Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025 Last spring, Cummings was sent to a high-security yard at the state prison in Lancaster. Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 Ernesto Borges Pérez, a former Cuban counterintelligence officer who served 27 years in prison after he was convicted of spying for the U.S., was released Thursday from the high-security Combinado del Este prison in Havana. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-security

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“High-security.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-security. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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