minimum security prison
noun
: a prison in which prisoners are allowed more freedom than in most other prisons because they are not considered dangerous or likely to escape
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Questions have been asked after she was moved to a minimum security prison in Texas shortly after meetings with the Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche over two days in July.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Maxwell was convicted and is serving a 20-year prison sentence at an all-female federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where she was recently moved from a minimum security prison in Tallahassee, Florida.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell has been quietly moved from a federal institute in Tallahassee to a minimum security prison in Texas for white-collar female criminals.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Todd Chrisley had been incarcerated at FPC Pensacola, a minimum security prison camp in Florida, while Julie Chrisley was incarcerated at FMC Lexington, a federal prison in Kentucky for people who require medical or mental health care.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Todd Chrisley is currently incarcerated at FPC Pensacola, a minimum security prison camp in Florida, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Todd Chrisley, 57, has been incarcerated at a minimum security prison camp in Pensacola, Florida.
—Russ Bynum, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Last summer, Kenneth Barrett recalls spending 46 days — about half the summer — in solitary confinement at Algoa Correctional Center, a minimum security prison in Jefferson City, Missouri.
—Ivy Scott, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
As a minimum security prison, Algoa largely houses people who are nearing the end of their sentences.
—Ivy Scott, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Maxwell was convicted and is serving a 20-year prison sentence at an all-female federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where she was recently moved from a minimum security prison in Tallahassee, Florida.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
Ghislaine Maxwell has been quietly moved from a federal institute in Tallahassee to a minimum security prison in Texas for white-collar female criminals.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Todd Chrisley had been incarcerated at FPC Pensacola, a minimum security prison camp in Florida, while Julie Chrisley was incarcerated at FMC Lexington, a federal prison in Kentucky for people who require medical or mental health care.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Todd Chrisley is currently incarcerated at FPC Pensacola, a minimum security prison camp in Florida, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Todd Chrisley, 57, has been incarcerated at a minimum security prison camp in Pensacola, Florida.
—Russ Bynum, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Last summer, Kenneth Barrett recalls spending 46 days — about half the summer — in solitary confinement at Algoa Correctional Center, a minimum security prison in Jefferson City, Missouri.
—Ivy Scott, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
As a minimum security prison, Algoa largely houses people who are nearing the end of their sentences.
—Ivy Scott, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
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