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Category A
adjective
(of a prisoner) regarded as highly dangerous and therefore requiring constant observation and maximum security
(of a prison or prison unit) designed for such prisoners
Example Sentences
In the homeland of the two men who had been shot dead, the case would be classed as a top level "category A" homicide with the bar sealed off and turned upside down for days afterwards.
Allison Roman’s “The Dip” stretches the category a bit further.
The Category A men's prison houses more than 600 inmates, including men convicted of terrorism offences and more than two-thirds are serving life sentences while the rest have jail terms of 10 years or more.
In his sentencing remarks, Judge Melbourne Inman said Connolly's offence was "category A" - meaning "high culpability" - and that both the prosecution and her own barrister agreed she "intended to incite serious violence".
Hashem Abedi was being held in a separation centre - used to house a small number of the most dangerous and extremist inmates - at the category A, maximum security jail.
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