maximum-security

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Bureau of Prisons records show he is housed at a maximum-security federal prison in Florence, Colo., know as the “Alcatraz of The Rockies,” that also houses the “El Chapo” and other high-profile criminals.

From Los Angeles Times

The 57-year-old disgraced former attorney is in the far western corner of the state serving a life sentence in a rural maximum-security prison, where he is housed in protective custody away from the hundreds of other inmates.

From The Wall Street Journal

Who guarded them under maximum-security conditions while waiting for the international coalition to decide their fate?

From The Wall Street Journal

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