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- adjective of a prison Having a high level of
security , designed to house the mostdangerous ofprisoners .
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Examples
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She said Swann was housed in the maximum-security unit at St. Elizabeths from 1994 until July, when he was moved to medium security.
D.C. shotgun shooter seeks 12-hour release from St. Elizabeths Keith L. Alexander 2011
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"They all have mandatory time," he said, adding that he would likely serve in a medium- or maximum-security facility if convicted.
Defendant Is Facing 'Worst-Case' Charges Ashby Jones 2011
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Fort Leavenworth is home to the military's only maximum-security prison, which opened in 1874.
Pentagon to Transfer WikiLeaks Suspect to New Prison Julian E. Barnes 2011
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She said Swann was housed in the maximum-security unit at St. Elizabeths from 1994 until July, when he was moved to medium security.
D.C. shotgun shooter seeks 12-hour release from St. Elizabeths Keith L. Alexander 2011
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Mr. Hand, speaking to the agent in a visiting room at the maximum-security Coxsackie Correctional Facility in upstate New York, allegedly offered to pay $2,000 for the witness to be killed and said he regretted he couldn't be present.
Fraud Convict Charged With Plotting a Hit Michael Rothfeld 2011
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Sachs, who had paranoid schizophrenia, was ordered to a maximum-security state psychiatric hospital, where she was to remain until mental health experts and a judge decided that she no longer posed a threat to herself or others.
Suspect in Chevy Chase stabbing killed Lynda Robinson 2010
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Luckett, 42, will be committed to a maximum-security state psychiatric facility rather than state prison.
Man who killed wife, acquaintance was insane, Md. judge rules Ruben Castaneda 2010
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They were arrested for committing a crime for which they were framed, and break out of a maximum-security stockade to clear their name.
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Luckett, 42, will be committed to a maximum-security state psychiatric facility rather than state prison.
Man who killed wife, acquaintance was insane, Md. judge rules Ruben Castaneda 2010
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She said Swann was housed in the maximum-security unit at St. Elizabeths from 1994 until July, when he was moved to medium security.
D.C. shotgun shooter seeks 12-hour release from St. Elizabeths Keith L. Alexander 2011
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