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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Last year, a boss from one of Italy's most violent mafias who escaped from a maximum security prison last year by using bedsheets was captured in France, authorities in both countries said Friday.
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CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Kohberger is incarcerated at Idaho’s maximum security prison south of Boise serving his consecutive life sentences.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025
Bernardo served the first 20 years of his life sentence in Kingston Penitentiary, a maximum security prison in Kingston, Ontario.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
The spark of the uprising The Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison located in western New York roughly 30 miles east of Buffalo.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
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CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Kohberger is incarcerated at Idaho’s maximum security prison south of Boise serving his consecutive life sentences.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025
Bernardo served the first 20 years of his life sentence in Kingston Penitentiary, a maximum security prison in Kingston, Ontario.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
The spark of the uprising The Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison located in western New York roughly 30 miles east of Buffalo.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
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 23 Dec. 2025.
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