supermax prison

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A 'super-maximum' security prison.

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  • The most dangerous criminals are often held in a supermax prison.
  • He was transferred to a supermax prison after attempting to escape.
  • Security at the new supermax prison is virtually impenetrable.
  • Life inside a supermax prison is characterized by extreme isolation.
  • Critics argue that supermax prisons contribute to psychological damage.
  • The government announced plans to build another supermax prison in the desert.
  • Only a few inmates have ever managed to escape from a supermax prison.
  • The construction of the supermax prison sparked widespread human rights protests.
  • He spent ten years of his sentence in a supermax prison for his heinous crimes.
  • The judge ruled that the defendant posed too great a risk for anything less than a supermax prison.