Definition of "maximum-security" []

• Having more restrictions than others of its kind: a maximum-security prison; a maximum-security air force base. (adjective)

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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."
• "Luckett, 42, will be committed to a maximum-security state psychiatric facility rather than state prison."
• "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."