maximum security

See also: maximum-security

English

Noun

maximum security (uncountable)

1. a prison with more restrictions designed to hold the most dangerous criminals of society; supermax.
   • 1990 June, J. Bennett, “Mission improbable”, in Washington Monthly, volume 22, number 5, page 22:

     Younis is now serving 30 years in maximum security.

   • 1993 December 26, “Crime and Punishment; Building More Prisons and Jails Does Not Seem to Be the Answer to High Rate of Crime in US”, in CBS_Sixty Minutes:

     Mike Wallace: (Voiceover) […] They were released straight out of maximum security, solitary confinement, and then dropped off at this small-town bus stop nearby.

   • 2002 August 26, Kirk Mitchell, “Stuck Inside: Fakers deemed sane are often confined by the state indefinitely”, in Denver Post, page A-01:

     While in maximum security, Glennie has been assaulted four times.

   • c. 2008, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     ...and this is the maximum security level.

Antonyms

• minimum security

Related terms

• maximum-security

References

• 10 most notorious prisoners of the maximum security Kingston Penitentiary
• Security Classification and Penitentiary Placement
• An evaluation of a maximum security therapeutic community for psychopaths and other mentally disordered offenders.