maximum security prison
noun [ C ] mainly US uk/ˌmæk.sɪ.məm sɪˌkjʊə.rə.ti ˈprɪz.ən/ us/ˌmæk.sə.məm səˌkjʊr.ə.t̬i ˈprɪz.ən/
最高安全级别的监狱
a type of prison where prisoners have the least amount of freedom because they are considered dangerous and are not trusted not to escape
Maximum security prisons house the very worst offenders or those who repeatedly offend.
After the court session, which was held in private, he was sent to the maximum security prison. 在非公开的庭审结束后，他被送进最高安全级别的监狱关押。
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- After being in solitary for 7 months for bad behaviour, he was shipped to a maximum security prison.
- A stand-off at a maximum security prison has ended peacefully, jail officials said tonight.
- The inmates escaped from a Nashville maximum security prison early yesterday morning.