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Italian leader in top-security American prison (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tuscan

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'italian' is the definition.
(someone from Tuscany in Italy)

'leader in top-security american prison' is the wordplay.
'leader in top security' becomes 'tus' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'american prison' becomes 'can' (slang US term for prison).
'tus'+'can'='TUSCAN'

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(Other definitions for tuscan that I've seen before include "From a central Italian region" , "Person from Siena" , "Italian inhabitant of what was once Etruria" , "From a region of west central Italy" , "Relating to a region of Italy" .)

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