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super-max, n. and a. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˈs(j)uːpəmaks|, U.S. |ˈsupərˌmæks|
[Shortened ‹super-maximum adj.; compare max n.2]
A. n. A prison or part of a prison having extremely stringent security measures, exceeding those of a maximum security prison, intended to house particularly dangerous prisoners.
1980News (Frederick, Maryland) 3 Nov. 1/2 The penitentiary's ‘super max’ or ‘C-block’, where the state's most dangerous prisoners are housed. 1993St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Electronic ed.) 8 June There are inmates in the system who need to be put in a super-max. 2003J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude iii. xiii. 467 Auburn and Philadelphia's Eastern State are the birthplaces of solitary, stone tombs for driving men into self-hells—though the new supermaxes are working to make Auburn look silly.
B. adj. Designating or relating to a facility of this type.
1981National Jrnl. (U.S.) 10 Oct. 1823/3 The legislation's centerpiece was $44 million for a new ‘super-max’ prison. 1993St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Electronic ed.) 31 Mar. 14 a, In supporting the ‘super-max’ proposal..the union listened to the accounts of several correctional officers who have been victims of prison violence. 1995Times 8 Aug. 6/3 The [prison] service is also considering the building of one or two ‘supermax’ jails to house up to 300 high-risk prisoners. 2004N.Y. Times Mag. 31 Oct. 50/2 New York is one of more than 30 states that operate 23-hour confinement units and prisons, sometimes called ‘supermax’ facilities. |
