supermax
12
7.9
- noun
- /ˈsuːpərˌmæks/
- Specialized
:
prisión de máxima seguridad
- It seems odd they would do this at a supermax facility, however.
- supermax confinement
- supermax unit
And at one point in that case, I went to the ADX supermax.
- And at one point in that case, I went to the ADX supermax.
Examples
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Whether they are called supermax or control units, punitive or administrative segregation areas, the conditions of confinement are usually the same.
Academic text (1997) -
Camp 5 is another "supermax" facility designed to hold one hundred inmates and intended to be a permanent structure.
Academic text (2005) -
You will get a room at a supermax prison!
Blog text (8) -
Locked up in a supermax prison?
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You have just admitted to seven felony counts and a level of treason that would land you at supermax.
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Reporter: Pelican Bay was one of America's first so-called supermax prisons.
Blog text (27) -
He's serving his time in a single-man cell at the Varner SuperMax Unit in southeast Arkansas.
Blog text (28) -
The organization's goal is to end the use of long-term isolation at Tamms, a supermax prison in Illinois where every man is held in permanent solitary confinement.
Blog text (24) -
The Massachusetts litigation alleges cruel and unusual punishment in the DDU and is part of a larger trend of suits challenging supermax confinement on mental health grounds.
Academic text (1997) -
The inmate was transferred to a supermax prison due to his violent history.
Synonyms
73
7.9
A prison for people found guilty of serious crimes
27
4.3
A prison run by a state government for people found guilty of serious crimes
10
4.2
A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
How Secure
- Specialized
12
7.9
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Supermax is short for 'super-maximum' and joins super ('very') with max ('the most'). So a supermax is a prison with the highest security, used to hold the most dangerous inmates.