maximum-security

American  

[mak-suh-muhm-si-kyoor-i-tee] / ˈmæk sə məm sɪˈkyʊər ɪ ti /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of maximum-security

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Through much of the 20th century, Americans with leprosy were forced to live out their lives in isolation at the National Leprosarium—later called the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center—in Louisiana, which initially functioned more like a maximum-security prison.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr Kast's party lacks a majority in Congress, meaning some of his proposals, from tougher sentencing to maximum-security prisons, may require compromise and negotiation.

From BBC

A second group arrived in August, a total of 55 men who face charges that could keep them locked in maximum-security prisons for the rest of their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, they were shoved into armored personnel carriers and escorted to a military plane that flew them to the Altiplano maximum-security prison, about 50 miles west of Mexico City.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC