minimum security prison
noun[C]
mainlyUSuk/ˌmɪn.ɪ.məm sɪˌkjʊə.rə.ti ˈprɪz.ən/us/ˌmɪn.ə.məm səˌkjʊr.ə.t̬i ˈprɪz.ən/atypeofprisonwhereprisonershave the mostamountoffreedombecause they are notconsidereddangerousand aretrustednot toescape:
Minimumsecurityprisonshouseinmateswho are lessdangerousor who havecommittedlessseverefelonies.
Heservedfourmonthsat afederalminimumsecurityprisonin Pennsylvania.
- Sheendedupfacingan eight-yearsentenceinSouthMiddlesex Correctional Center for Women, aminimumsecurityprison.
- They haveaskedajudgefor asentenceof 37monthsto 46monthsin aminimumsecurityprison.
- Minimumsecurityprisonerscan beplacedin lessrestrictiveminimumsecurityprisonsettings, or can besupervisedin thecommunity.
Prisons & parts of prisons
- approved school
- Bastille
- boot camp
- borstal
- brig
- clink
- dungeon
- gaol
- gaoler
- halfway house
- open prison
- panopticon
- penal colony
- penitentiary
- prison
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
- the gulag
- warder
- young offender institution