maximum-security

[mak-suh-muhm-si-kyoor-i-tee]

adjective

1. designed for or housing prisoners regarded as being very dangerous to society.

Word History and Origins

Origin of maximum-security¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Because of these links, both men are being held in El Hongo, a maximum-security prison in Baja California.

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He recently opened a new maximum-security prison.

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They are being held without charge in Eswatini's maximum-security Matsapha Correctional Centre, notorious for detaining political prisoners, according to their lawyers.

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He has also promised new maximum-security prisons, like those that have been built in El Salvador.

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In one case, 238 Venezuelans were deported by the US to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

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