medium security
Mid-level prison classification
Medium security describes a level of confinement between minimum and maximum, typically in prisons or detention facilities.
Inmates in medium-security facilities have fewer freedoms than those in minimum security but face less restrictive conditions than maximum security: He was transferred to a medium-security prison after good behavior.
The term also applies to other contexts requiring moderate protective measures.
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- correctional facilityInstitution housing convicted offenders
- cell blockPrison housing unit
- prison yardInmates' outdoor recreation area
- inmateConfined facility resident
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- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- prison classificationssupermax, level one, level two, level three, general population
- correctionscorrection, corrections, fix, fixing, rectification
- access levelsadmin, administrator, user, guest, restricted
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Highest-level prison classification
minimum security · supermax · open prison · solitary confinement · work camp
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Highest-level prison classification
minimum security · unrestricted · lockdown · free movement · unsupervised
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