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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Recent Examples on the Web Colman Domingo, who plays Divine G, left, and Clarence Maclin, who had been incarcerated at the maximum security prison for 15 years. Arturo Conde, NBC News, 3 July 2024 His hearing was held on June 10 at a federal maximum security prison in Coleman, Florida. Peltier, 79, has long maintained his innocence in the shooting deaths of two FBI agents in 1975 at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Arlyssa D. Becenti, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024 Peltier's hearing was held on June 10 at a federal maximum security prison in Coleman, Florida. Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024 All seems well until Maxime, with the help of his bug army and his wife (an underused Sofía Vergara), escapes the Anti-Villain League’s maximum security prison. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024 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 26 Jul. 2024.

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