LEVELS OF SECURITY Security levels are determined by the seriousness of the infraction and whether the offender is a recidivist or a repeat offender. Each infraction has points. All of the points are added together to determine security levels. The highest level of security is Maximum Security. Maximum-security facilities house offenders with the most serous offenses. Often maximum-security inmates are locked up for 23 hours a day unless they have been assigned institutional jobs. Close Security. This level of security is slightly lower than maximum security. Normally close security inmates are housed at maximum-security facilities. They usually have lower levels of supervision but are closely monitored. Medium Security level inmates are housed at medium security facilities. They have a lot more flexibility or mobility than maximum and close level inmates. They are let out of their cells to go to the dining hall, to their jobs, and to the exercise yards according to their assigned program. Minimum Security level inmates are inmates who need little supervision. Minimum restrictive inmates are usually housed at medium security facilities or at their Annex. An Annex is a section of the prison that is located outside of the fence at the Main Compound. Minimum Direct, and Minimum Trustee inmates are housed at minimum-security facilities. They need very little supervision. Often they are transitional inmates with less than two years remaining on their sentence. Many of them work in the community and at other state and private agencies.