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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After the interviews with Blanche, Maxwell was moved to a minimum security prison usually reserved for people who have been convicted of financial crimes.
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 23 Aug. 2025
The officials are using the existing minimum security prison work camp in McCook, located around 210 miles west of Lincoln.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
Work Ethic Camp, a minimum security prison work camp in McCook, Nebraska, will be used as the site of the immigration detention center.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
Ogle said the heat at Ozark, a minimum security prison that focuses on substance use treatment, exacerbates an already tense atmosphere.
—Ivy Scott, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 23 Aug. 2025
The officials are using the existing minimum security prison work camp in McCook, located around 210 miles west of Lincoln.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
Work Ethic Camp, a minimum security prison work camp in McCook, Nebraska, will be used as the site of the immigration detention center.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
Ogle said the heat at Ozark, a minimum security prison that focuses on substance use treatment, exacerbates an already tense atmosphere.
—Ivy Scott, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
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