minimum-security

[ min-uh-muhm-si-kyoor-i-tee ]

adjective

1. (of a prison) designed for prisoners regarded as being less dangerous; having fewer restrictions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of minimum-security¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Stewart was sent to Alderson Federal Prison Camp, a minimum-security women's prison in West Virginia.

From Salon

The fire camps, about 35 in the state, are minimum-security facilities run by the corrections department, Cal Fire and the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1987, after hearing a rumor that Manson was dying of cancer, she slipped away from a minimum-security federal prison in West Virginia with the hope, she said, of being near him.

From Los Angeles Times

It also includes a minimum-security satellite camp.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1987, after hearing a rumor that Manson was dying of cancer, she slipped away from a minimum-security federal prison in West Virginia with the hope, she said, of being near him.

From Los Angeles Times