supermax

/ ˈsuːpəˌmæks /

noun

1. having or relating to the very highest levels of security

   a supermax jail

Example Sentences

The 68-year-old "El Chapo" is serving a life sentence at a supermax federal prison in Colorado following his 2016 arrest and 2019 conviction.

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Three prison directors' unions on Wednesday lashed out at the tough-talking right-wing minister, who is pushing through a plan to lock up the most dangerous drug traffickers in supermax prisons.

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Zambada was already spared the death penalty, but the government could dangle other benefits, he said, such as relocating family members to the United States for their safety or allowing him to serve his time somewhere cushier than the Colorado “supermax” prison where El Chapo and others deemed extreme security risks are held in near total isolation.

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His DOJ ordered the 37 people whose death row sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden in 2024 to be transferred to ADX, a supermax prison with the most extreme solitary confinement in the country.

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The leader of the Sinaloa cartel was found guilty of drug trafficking in 2019 and is serving a life sentence in a supermax prison in Colorado.

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