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maximum security prison noun[ C ] mainly USuk /ˌmæk.sɪ.məm sɪˌkjʊə.rə.ti ˈprɪz.ən/ us /ˌmæk.sə.məm səˌkjʊr.ə.t̬i ˈprɪz.ən/ a type of prison where prisoners have the least amount of freedom because they are considered dangerous and are not trusted not to escape: 最高安全级别的监狱 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。 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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Prisons & parts of prisons approved school Bastille boot camp borstal brig gaol gaoler halfway house HMP open prison panopticon penal colony penitentiary prison straightjacket straitjacket the gulag warder young offender institution youth custody |