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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The move requires a remodel at the maximum security prison to be ready when the new law prioritizing the controversial method takes effect in July 2026.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2025
That’s down from $159 million budgeted in the current fiscal year — and less than $150 million is expected to be actually spent — but more than the facility’s $146 million budget two years ago, when the maximum security prison was operational for the entire year.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
After being incarcerated in New Hampshire, she was transferred in 1993 to the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Westchester County, N.Y., per The New York Times.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 1 May 2025
And they've been sent to a U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a maximum security prison in El Salvador, and detention centers in Panama and Costa Rica without any due process.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2025
That’s down from $159 million budgeted in the current fiscal year — and less than $150 million is expected to be actually spent — but more than the facility’s $146 million budget two years ago, when the maximum security prison was operational for the entire year.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
After being incarcerated in New Hampshire, she was transferred in 1993 to the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Westchester County, N.Y., per The New York Times.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 1 May 2025
And they've been sent to a U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a maximum security prison in El Salvador, and detention centers in Panama and Costa Rica without any due process.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Maximum security prison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximum%20security%20prison. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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