1. maximum security - Noun
2. maximum security - Adjective
maximum security (uncountable)
a prison with more restrictions designed to hold the most dangerous criminals of society; supermax.
maximum-security (not comparable)
(of a prison) Having a high level of security, designed to house the most dangerous of prisoners.
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On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break. Robert Anton Wilson
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release. Germaine Greer
The NSA is to the Stasi what a bad hotel is to a maximum security prison. Garry Kasparov
I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals. Joan Halifax
I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else. John Grisham
A man who died at Edmonton’s maximum-security prison expressed fears for his safety in the lead-up to his death, his girlfriend says. Source: Internet