How to Use maximum security prison in a Sentence

maximum security prison

noun
  • Guzman is serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison in Colorado.
    — Luc Cohen, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Lopez is being held in a maximum security prison awaiting trial, Bullock said.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And then, ultimately, in a maximum security prison in Britain.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • The chamber’s construction at the maximum security prison started in late May and is expected to last between six and nine months.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Dozens of Venezuelans were deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador last year.
    — Juan Carlos Chavez, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Kohberger’s attorneys contested the extra costs to their client, who is serving his sentence at the state’s maximum security prison south of Boise.
    — Kevin Fixler november 13, Idaho Statesman, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Kohberger, who turns 31 this month, is incarcerated at the state’s maximum security prison south of Boise.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
  • He’s assigned to the Connally Unit maximum security prison in Kenedy, Texas.
    — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Kohberger was listed Wednesday as remaining in his J Block cell at the maximum security prison.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Kohberger, who turns 31 this week, is serving consecutive life sentences with no chance of parole at the state’s maximum security prison south of Boise.
    — Kevin Fixler november 19, Idaho Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Broadnax is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 30 at Huntsville Unit, a maximum security prison in Texas.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The eight men on death row in Idaho are kept at the state’s maximum security prison south of Boise, while Row is held at the Idaho women’s prison in Pocatello.
    — Kevin Fixler september 5, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Kohberger is incarcerated for the remainder of his life at Idaho’s maximum security prison south of Boise.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
  • After his sentencing, Kohberger was transferred to a maximum security prison located near the city of Kuna.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Naylor was transferred to a mental health facility within the maximum security prison run by the Department of Correction.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Bernardo served the first 20 years of his life sentence in Kingston Penitentiary, a maximum security prison in Kingston, Ontario.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Last year, a boss from one of Italy's most violent mafias who escaped from a maximum security prison last year by using bedsheets was captured in France, authorities in both countries said Friday.
    — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Guzman, who was arrested for the third time in 2016 and later convicted in New York, is serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison in Colorado.
    — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Kohberger was transferred from the Ada County Jail in Boise to the state’s maximum security prison near Kuna on July 23.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The Venezuelans, whom the government alleged were members of the Tren de Aragua gang, were deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador built to hold terrorists.
    — Dan Morrison, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Renovations are underway in excess of $1 million to Idaho’s execution chamber at the maximum security prison as the firing squad takes effect in July.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Kohberger is incarcerated at Idaho’s maximum security prison south of Boise serving his consecutive life sentences.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The shift would make Miami Correctional Facility one of the largest detention centers in the Midwest, but the maximum security prison has been plagued with complaints for years.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In 1933, the Department of Justice took over Alcatraz to open a maximum security prison for some of the nation's most dangerous criminals.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Idaho Department of Correction this week released new protocols detailing how executions will be carried out at the state’s maximum security prison south of Boise.
    — Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2026
  • During more than 21 years of incarceration on death row at Idaho’s maximum security prison south of Boise, Hall repeatedly appealed his convictions in state and federal court.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
  • An IndyStar investigation published late last year uncovered widespread violence, severe understaffing and drug use at the maximum security prison north of Kokomo.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The former Washington State University graduate student, who turns 31 next week, now resides at Idaho’s maximum security prison south of Boise.
    — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Chad entered a maximum security prison in Kuna, Idaho, on June 3, 2024, according to Idaho News 6.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Shackled, they were paraded in front of cameras, pushed on to buses, and delivered to CECOT, El Salvador's notorious maximum security prison.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026

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