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supermax

(ˈsuːpəˌmæks)
n (modifier)
(Social Welfare) having or relating to the very highest levels of security: a supermax jail.
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Experts say he is likely to end up at the federal government's "Supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado - known as the "Alcatraz of the Rockies".
Summary: Thane (Mumbai) [India], June 20 (ANI): Fire broke out in the server room of Supermax company here in Thane on Thursday.
If found guilty in the States, he will likely be sent to Guantanamo Bay or a "supermax" prison, with a sentence of hundreds of years in solitary confinement - or he will get the death penalty.
It comes as he faces being locked away for life in a Supermax prison.
Those guards can cash in with supermax contracts based on their selections to one of the three teams.
Yesterday, Ms Anderson - draped in a shawl with writing scrawled on it - was accompanied on the visit to Belmarsh Prison in London by WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson, and said: "He does not deserve to be in a supermax prison.
Admitting it was "very difficult" to see Assange in jail, Ms Anderson said: "He does not deserve to be in a supermax prison.
Carpet seller Deepak Jaikishan - a businessman once close to Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor - and Supermax Corporation Bhd founder Datuk Seri Stanley Thai - who withdrew his previous backing for Pakatan Harapan (PH) just before May 9 - both bid up to almost a million ringgit collectively for artworks depicting PH leaders last night.
The Spurs have indicated they want to keep Leonard with one more year left on his contract as they have the ability to offer him a supermax deal.
Rakesh Chandra (who provided input based upon his years of experience and expertise working with mentally ill inmates in a supermax prison setting), "Supermax Prison: Controlling The Most Dangerous Criminals" provides a penetrating look at the violence that swept prisons in the 1980's and 1990's and the organizational structure mirroring the Mafia that erupted in them.
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