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Death row

Death row is a term that refers to the section of a prison

Prison

A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or internment and usually deprived of a range of personal Freedom ....
that houses individuals awaiting execution

Capital punishment

Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the killing of a person by procedural law for Punishment#Retribution and Punishment#Incapacitation....
. It is also used to refer to the state of awaiting execution, even in places where a special section of a prison does not exist ("being on death row").

After individuals are found guilty of an offense and sentenced to execution, they will remain on death row while following an appeal

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Death row is a term that refers to the section of a prison

Prison

Capital punishment

Appeal

In law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision.The specific procedures for appealing, including even whether there is a right of appeal from a particular type of decision, can vary greatly from country to country....
s procedure, if they so choose, and then until there is a convenient time for execution. Due to the lengthy, expensive and time-consuming appeals procedure that must be followed in the United States before an execution can be carried out, prisoners may wait years before execution; nearly a quarter of deaths on death row in the U.S. are in fact of natural causes.

In Great Britain, before it abolished capital punishment, prisoners were conventionally reprieve

Pardon

A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it. It is granted by a head of state, such as a monarch or president, or by a competent Roman Catholic Church authority....
d if they were not executed within 99 days of being sentenced. In some Caribbean countries which still authorize execution, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom, established by the Judicial Committee Act 1833....
is the ultimate court of appeal. It has upheld appeals by prisoners who have spent several years under sentence of death, stating that it does not desire to see the death row phenomenon emerge in countries under its jurisdiction.

Haiti continues the conventional 'reprieved if not executed within 90 days' process adopted by Great Britain before its abolition.

Opponents of capital punishment

Capital punishment

Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the killing of a person by procedural law for Punishment#Retribution and Punishment#Incapacitation....
claim that a prisoner's isolation and uncertainty over their fate constitute a form of mental cruelty and that especially long-time death row inmates are liable to become mentally ill

Mental illness

A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as part of normal development or culture....
, if they are not already. This is referred to as the death row phenomenon

Death row phenomenon

The death row phenomenon, also known as the death row syndrome, is a term used to refer to the emotional stress felt by prisoners on death row, as a social phenomenon....
.

, there were 3,263 prisoners awaiting execution in the United States. Also as of 2008, the longest-serving prisoner on death row in the U.S.A. (who has been executed) was Jack Alderman

Jack Alderman

Jack Alderman was notable as the longest-serving death row prisoner in the USA who has been executed. He had been there for over 33 years. ...
who served over 33 years. He was executed in 2008. The oldest prisoner on death row in the United States is Leroy Nash

Leroy Nash

Viva Leroy Nash is the oldest American on death row. He was sentenced to death in June 1983 for a murder he committed in Arizona in 1982, after having escaped from prison in Utah, where he was serving a life sentence for a murder he committed in 1977....
.

Locations of Death Rows in the United States
Capital punishment in the United States

Capital punishment of a felon in the United States, in modern times, is employed rarely and, in practice, only in cases involving murder. The history of U.S....

State	Men death row	Women death row	Execution chamber Execution chamber An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room or chamber in which a legal execution is carried out. Execution chambers are almost always inside the walls of a maximum-security prison, although not always at the same prison where the death row population is housed....
Federal	Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, Indiana near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 59,614 and its Terre Haute metropolitan area had a population of 170,943.... (Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute File:Federal Correctional Complex Terre Haute.JPGThe Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute, is a federal prison for adult males located at the intersection of State Road 63 and Springhill Drive, two miles southwest of Terre Haute, Indiana, Indiana, United States.... )	Terre Haute, Indiana (Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute)	Terre Haute, Indiana (Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute)
Military	Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army facility located in Leavenworth County, Kansas in the upper northeast portion of the state. It is the oldest active U.S.... , Kansas (United States Disciplinary Barracks United States Disciplinary Barracks The United States Disciplinary Barracks is a military prison located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas. The prison should not be confused with the nearby United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth located a few miles south.... )	San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States.... (Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar Commissioned on July 19, 1989, Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar is a military prison operated by the U.S. Navy at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar located just under north of downtown San Diego in southern California.... -Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Marine Corps Air Station Miramar , formerly Naval Air Station Miramar is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.... ) (1)	Terre Haute, Indiana (Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute)
Alabama Capital punishment in Alabama Capital punishment is legal and in use by the United States of Alabama....	Atmore (Holman Correctional Facility Holman Correctional Facility Holman Correctional Facility is a state prison located near the city of Atmore, Alabama, United States.Opened during December 1969, with a basic capacity for 520 medium-custody inmates including a death row cellblock with a capacity of 20.... )	Wetumpka Wetumpka, Alabama Wetumpka is a city in Elmore County, Alabama, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,726. The city is the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, the third fastest growing county in the state.... (Julia Tutwiler Correctional Center for Women)	Atmore Atmore, Alabama Atmore is a city in Escambia County, Alabama, Alabama, United States. At the United States Census, 2000 the population was 7,676. According to the 2005 U.S.... (Holman Correctional Facility) Holman Correctional Facility Holman Correctional Facility is a state prison located near the city of Atmore, Alabama, United States.Opened during December 1969, with a basic capacity for 520 medium-custody inmates including a death row cellblock with a capacity of 20....
Arizona List of individuals executed in Arizona The following is a list of individuals executed by the U.S. State of Arizona since capital punishment was resumed in 1976. All of the 23 individuals were convicted of murder and have been Capital punishment at Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence in Florence, Arizona, Arizona....	Arizona State Prison Complex - Eyman Arizona State Prison Complex - Eyman Arizona State Prison Complex - Eyman is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections . ASPC-Eyman is located in Florence, Arizona, Pinal County, Arizona, Arizona, 63 miles east from the state capital of Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona....	Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections . ASPC-Perryville is located in Goodyear, Arizona, Maricopa County, Arizona, Arizona, 23 miles west from the state capital of Phoenix, Arizona....	Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence also known as Florence State Prison is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections ....
Arkansas Capital punishment in Arkansas Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Since 1820, a total of 504 individuals have been executed. According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, as of 24 May 2006, a total of 36 men were under a sentence of death in the state....	Grady (Varner Unit Varner Unit The Varner Unit is a high-security state prison in Arkansas, United States. It is located near the small town of Grady, Arkansas in Lincoln County, Arkansas.... )	Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff Unit)	Grady (Cummins Unit Cummins Unit The Cummins Unit is a state prison in Arkansas, United States.This prison farm is a 16,000 acre correctional facility located 28 miles south of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, off Highway 65 near the town of Grady, Arkansas in Lincoln County, Arkansas, Arkansas.... )
California Capital punishment in California Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of California. The first recorded execution in the area that is now California was on 11 April 1778 when four Native Americans in the United States were shot in San Diego County for conspiracy to commit murder....	San Francisco (San Quentin State Prison San Quentin State Prison San Quentin State Prison is a California State Prison located near the city of San Rafael, California. Opened in July 1852, it is the oldest prison in the state.... )	Chowchilla (Central California Women's Facility Central California Women's Facility Central California Women's Facility is a female-only List of California state prisons located near to and annexed to the city of Chowchilla, California , in Madera County, California.... )	San Francisco (San Quentin State Prison)
Colorado Capital punishment in Colorado Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Colorado.Colorado was the last state to perform an execution in Furman v. Georgia period , but since 1977 executed only one prisoner....	Canon City (Colorado State Penitentiary)	Canon City (Colorado Women's Correctional Facility)	Canon City (Colorado State Penitentiary)
Connecticut Capital punishment in Connecticut Connecticut is currently one of only two U.S. State of New England where capital punishment is legal. Unlike the second, New Hampshire, where the last execution to date took place in 1939, Connecticut has executed one person in the Furman v....	Somers (Northern Correctional Institution Northern Correctional Institution Northern Correctional Institution is a high-security state prison in Somers, Connecticut, in the northern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut.... )	Niantic (York Correctional Institution)	Somers (Osborn Correctional Institution)
Delaware List of individuals executed in Delaware The following is a list of individuals executed by the U.S. State of Delaware since capital punishment was resumed in 1976. All of the 14 individuals were convicted of murder and have been Capital punishment at the Delaware Correctional Center, near Smyrna, Delaware, Delaware....	Smyrna (Delaware Correctional Center Delaware Correctional Center The Delaware Correctional Center is a state prison for men in Delaware, United States. It is the state's largest adult, male correctional facility.... )	New Castle (Delaware State Women's Prison)	Smyrna (Delaware Correctional Center)
Florida Capital punishment in Florida 'Capital punishment' is legal in U.S. state of 'Florida'. Florida was the first state to reintroduce the death penalty after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down all statutes in the country in the 1972 Furman v....	Starke (Florida State Prison Florida State Prison Florida State Prison , also known as Starke Prison , formerly known as the Union Correctional Institution – East Unit, or the Raiford State Penitentiary is a correctional facility located in Raiford, Union County, FL.... )	Lowell (Lowell Correctional Institution Lowell Correctional Institution Lowell Correction Institution located in Ocala, Florida was the first Florida prison for women. It was opened in April 1956 as the Florida Correctional Institution.... )	Starke (Florida State Prison)
Georgia List of individuals executed in Georgia A total of 43 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Georgia , United States since 1976:...	Jackson	Atlanta	Jackson (Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison Opened in 1968, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in Jackson, Georgia is the main prison in Georgia . The prison is also the largest in the state.... )
Idaho Capital punishment in Idaho Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Idaho....	Boise (Idaho Maximum Security Institution Idaho Maximum Security Institution Idaho Maximum Security Institution is a high-security state prison near Boise, Idaho, Idaho, United States. It opened in November 1989 to confine Idaho's most violent offenders.... )	Pocatello (Pocatello Womens Correctional Center Pocatello Womens Correctional Center Pocatello Women?s Correctional Center is an Idaho prison for women. It was opened by the Idaho Department of Correction in April 1994. It is designed specifically to house all custody levels of female offenders.... )	Boise (Idaho Maximum Security Institution)
Illinois List of individuals executed in Illinois A total of 12 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Illinois since 1962. All were executed by lethal injection....	Pontiac Correctional Center Pontiac Correctional Center Pontiac Correctional Center, established in June 1871, is the main maximum security prison for adult males in Illinois. The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum security inmates and is classified as Level 3....	Dwight	Tamms Correctional Center Tamms Correctional Center The Tamms Correctional Center is a prison located in Alexander County, Illinois north of Tamms, Illinois. The prison has two sections, a 200 bed Prisons in the United States facility opened in 1995, and a 500 bed maximum security facility known as CMAX opened in 1998....
Indiana	Michigan City (Indiana State Prison Indiana State Prison The Indiana State Prison is located in Michigan City, Indiana about east of Chicago. It is a maximum security prison for adult males; however, minimum security housing also exists on the confines.... )	Indianapolis (Indiana Women's Prison Indiana Women's Prison The Indiana Women?s Prison was established in 1873 as the first adult female correctional facility in the country. The prison remains at its original location, one mile east of Downtown Indianapolis Indianapolis.... )	Michigan City (Indiana State Prison)
Kansas List of individuals executed in Kansas No one has been executed by the state of Kansas since 1965, although capital punishment is legal there. Historically, 58 people have been executed in the area now occupied by the state....	El Dorado (El Dorado Correctional Facility El Dorado Correctional Facility The El Dorado Correctional Facility, or EDCF, is a maximum security prison located in Butler County, Kansas east of the town of El Dorado, Kansas.... )	Topeka (Topeka Correctional Facility)	Lansing (Lansing Correctional Facility Lansing Correctional Facility The Kansas State Penitentiary was authorized by the Kansas Constitution in 1859. The Kansas State Penitentiary, whose name was legislatively changed to the Lansing Correctional Facility on June 18, 1990, is the state's largest complex for detention and rehabilitation of adult male felony offenders.... )
Kentucky List of individuals executed in Kentucky Since the reinstation of capital punishment in the United States in 1976, three people have been executed in Kentucky. All three were executed for murder....	Eddyville (Kentucky State Penitentiary Kentucky State Penitentiary The Kentucky State Penitentiary, also known as the "Castle on the Cumberland," is the state?s only maximum security male facility. The prison is located on Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River, about 5 km from Eddyville, Kentucky.... )	Pewee Valley (Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women is a prison located near Pewee Valley, Kentucky operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections. The prison is the only state owned and operated women's prison in Kentucky and houses the majority of female state inmates, including all female death row inmates.... )	Eddyville (Kentucky State Penitentiary)
Louisiana	Angola (Louisiana State Penitentiary Louisiana State Penitentiary Angola is the Louisiana State Penitentiary and is estimated to be one of the largest prisons in the United States with 5,000 inmates and 1,800 staff members.... )	St Gabriel (Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women)	Angola (Louisiana State Penitentiary)
Maryland Capital punishment in Maryland Capital punishment is a legal form of judicial punishment in the U.S. state of Maryland. It has been in use in the state since 20 June 1638, when two men were hanging for piracy in Saint Mary's County, Maryland....	Baltimore (Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center is a maximum level II prison operated by the Division of Corrections. MCAC was built in 1988, and is located at 401 East Madison Street in Baltimore.... )	Jessup Jessup Jessup may refer to people real or fictional:*Edward Jessup, a political figure in Upper Canada, a former British province in what is now Canada... (Maryland Correctional Institution - Women)	Baltimore (Metropolitan Transition Center) Metropolitan Transition Center The Maryland Metropolitan Transition Center , formerly known as the Maryland state penitentiary, is a maximum security prison located in Baltimore, Maryland....
Mississippi List of individuals executed in Mississippi Since 1976, ten individuals convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi....	Parchman (Mississippi State Penitentiary Mississippi State Penitentiary Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm, is the oldest prison and the only maximum security prison for men in the state of Mississippi, United States.... )	Pearl	Parchman (Mississippi State Penitentiary)
Missouri List of individuals executed in Missouri A total of 66 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Missouri since 1976. All were by executed by lethal injection. All executions in Missouri were suspended between June 26, 2006, and June 4, 2007, due to a federal court ruling ....	Mineral Point (Potosi Correctional Center Potosi Correctional Center Potosi Correctional Center is located on approximately two miles east of Potosi, Missouri and 11 Miles Northeast of Belgrade, Missouri and Irondale, Missouri.... )	Fulton	Bonne Terre (Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center The Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center is a 2,684-bed prison located northeast of Bonne Terre, Missouri.... )
Montana List of individuals executed in Montana A total of 3 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Montana since 1976. They were all executed by lethal injection:...	Deer Lodge (Montana State Prison) Montana State Prison The Montana State Prison is a men's prison in Deer Lodge, Montana. The current facility, located approximately three miles west of town, was constructed between 1974 and 1979 in response to the continued degeneration of the original facility located in downtown Deer Lodge....	Billings (Montana State Women's Prison) Montana Women's Prison The Montana Women's Prison is located in Billings, Montana. It houses roughly 265 female prisoners. The Prison warden is Jo Acton and the deputy warden is Mike Aldrich....	Deer Lodge (Montana State Prison)
Nebraska	Tecumseh (Tecumseh State Correctional Institution Tecumseh State Correctional Institution The Tecumseh State Correctional Institution is a medium/maximum security state corrections institution for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.... )	York (Nebraska Correctional Center for Women Nebraska Correctional Center for Women The Nebraska Correctional Center for Women is a state correctional facility for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. Located just west of York, Nebraska, it is the only secure state facility to house adult women.... )	Lincoln (Nebraska State Penitentiary Nebraska State Penitentiary The Nebraska State Penitentiary is a state corrections facility for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, it is the oldest state correctional facility in Nebraska, opening in 1869.... )
Nevada	Ely (Ely State Prison Ely State Prison Ely State Prison is a Incarceration in the United States#Security levels prison located north of Ely, Nevada. The facility, operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections, was constructed in 1989-1990, to replace the maximum-security Nevada State Prison in Carson City, Nevada.... )	Carson City	Carson City (Nevada State Prison Nevada State Prison Nevada State Prison is located in Carson City, Nevada, Nevada. The prison opened in 1862 and is operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections.... )
New Hampshire Capital punishment in New Hampshire Capital punishment in the U.S. state of New Hampshire is a legal form of punishment for the crime of capital murder. Capital murder is the only crime for which the death penalty can be imposed in the state....	Concord	Goffstown (New Hampshire State Prison for Women New Hampshire State Prison for Women New Hampshire State Prison for Women is the only women's prison in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The facility is located in Goffstown, New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.... )	(4)
New Mexico List of individuals executed in New Mexico One individual has been executed in the state of New Mexico since 1976:See also* Capital punishment in the United States...	Santa Fé (Penitentiary of New Mexico Penitentiary of New Mexico The Penitentiary of New Mexico is a New Mexico state prison located fifteen miles south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, New Mexico on Highway 14.The complex consists of three separate facilities.... )	Grants (New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility)	Santa Fé (Penitentiary of New Mexico)
New York List of individuals executed in New York This list of individuals executed in New York gives the names of some of the individuals Execution by the U.S. state of New York, as well as the individual's date of execution, method of execution, and the name of the Governor of New York at the date of execution.... (2)	Dannemora (Clinton Correctional Facility Clinton Correctional Facility Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security New York state prison located in the Adirondack Mountains village of Dannemora , New York. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as "Dannemora," although it takes its name from its location in Clinton County, New York.... )	Bedford Hills (Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women is a prison in Bedford Hills, New York, Westchester County, New York, USA. It is the largest women's prison in New York U.S.... )	Beekman (Green Haven Correctional Facility Green Haven Correctional Facility Green Haven Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York, United States. The prison is located in the Beekman, New York in Dutchess County, New York.... ) (3)
North Carolina List of individuals executed in North Carolina There have been 43 executions in North Carolina, under the current statute, since it was adopted in 1977. All were for murder and were performed using lethal injection, except those indicated with a * which were performed using the gas chamber....	Raleigh (Central Prison)	Raleigh (Correctional Institution for Women)	Raleigh (Central Prison)
Ohio	Youngstown (Ohio State Penitentiary Ohio State Penitentiary The Ohio State Penitentiary is a 502-inmate capacity supermax prison in Youngstown, Ohio, designed to hold the state's most dangerous prisoners who have poor conduct records.... )	Marysville (Ohio Reformatory for Women Ohio Reformatory for Women The Ohio Reformatory for Women is a state prison owned and operated operated by the Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation in Marysville, Ohio.... )	Lucasville (Southern Ohio Correctional Facility Southern Ohio Correctional Facility The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in Lucasville, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The prison was constructed in 1972 and currently contains the death house for Ohio where death row inmates are execution.... )
Oklahoma	McAlester (Oklahoma State Penitentiary Oklahoma State Penitentiary Oklahoma State Penitentiary is the chief detention facility in Oklahoma, United States of America.... )	Oklahoma city	McAlester (Oklahoma State Penitentiary)
Oregon	Salem (Oregon State Penitentiary Oregon State Penitentiary Oregon State Penitentiary , the first state prison in Oregon, United States, was originally located in Portland, Oregon in 1851. In 1866 it was moved to a site in Salem, Oregon and enclosed by a reinforced concrete wall averaging in height.... )	Wilsonville Wilsonville Wilsonville is the name of several communities in the United States of America:Wilsonville, AlabamaWilsonville, IllinoisWilsonville, Nebraska... (Coffee Creek Correctional Facility Coffee Creek Correctional Facility Coffee Creek Correctional Facility* is a women's prison and prisoner intake center in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections, the 1,684 bed facility opened in 2001 at a campus.... )	Salem (Oregon State Penitentiary)
Pennsylvania List of individuals executed in Pennsylvania A total of 3 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1976. All were executed by lethal injection....	Both State Correctional Institutions in Waynesburg and Graterford State Correctional Institution - Graterford The Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Graterford, also known variously as SCI Graterford , Eastern Correctional Institution, Graterford Prison, Graterford Penitentiary, and the Graterford Prison Farm, is located by the village of Graterford, Pennsylvania in Skippack Township, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Pennsyl...	Muncy (State Correctional Institution for Women)	State Correctional Institution - Rockview State Correctional Institution - Rockview The Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Rockview is located off Pennsylvania Route 26 north of State College, Pennsylvania, at the foot of Mount Nittany in the Nittany Valley....
South Carolina List of individuals executed in South Carolina There have been 41 executions in South Carolina since 1985. All were for murder....	Ridgeville (Lieber Correctional Institution)	Columbia	Columbia (Broad River Correctional Institution Broad River Correctional Institution Broad River Correctional Institution is an Incarceration in the United States#Security levels facility located in Columbia, South Carolina. Opened in 1988, the facility houses the state's capital punishment facility where executions are carried out.... )
South Dakota Capital punishment in South Dakota Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of South Dakota...	Sioux Falls (South Dakota State Penitentiary)	Pierre Pierre, South Dakota The city of Pierre is the Capital of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County, South Dakota. The population was 13,876 at the United States Census, 2000, making it the second least populous state capital after Montpelier, Vermont, Vermont.... (South Dakota Women's Prison)	Sioux Falls (South Dakota State Penitentiary)
Tennessee List of individuals executed in Tennessee 5 individuals have been executed in the state of Tennessee, United States since 1960....	Nashville (Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Riverbend Maximum Security Institution opened in 1989 and replaced its 100 year-old neighbor, the Tennessee State Penitentiary. Even today, it's billed as one of the state's most high-tech facilities.... )	Nashville (Tennessee Prison for Women)	Nashville (Riverbend Maximum Security Institution)
Texas Capital punishment in Texas Capital punishment has been used in the U.S. state of Texas and its predecessor entities since 1819. Since that time 1153 people have been legally executed, by a variety of methods ? hanging, firing squad, electric chair and lethal injection....	Livingstone (Polunsky Unit Polunsky Unit Polunsky Unit is a prison in Livingston, Texas that became the home of Texas's death row male prisoners from 1999. Formerly death row inmates were held at the Ellis Unit from 1965 to 1999, and at the Huntsville Unit, from 1928 to 1965.... )	Gatesville (Mountain View Unit Mountain View Unit Mountain View Unit is the female death row facility in Texas, located on FM 215 in Gatesville, Texas, Texas, United States.Death row offenders are housed separately from the rest of the prisoners in single-person cells measuring , with each cell having a window.... )	Huntsville (Huntsville Unit)
Utah	Draper (Utah State Prison Utah State Prison Utah State Prison, or USP, is one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. It is located in Draper, Utah, United States, about 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.... )	Gunnison Gunnison Gunnison may refer to:* John W. Gunnison , U.S. explorer whose name is used in several places in the Western states* The Gunnison River in Colorado... (Central Utah Correctional Facility Central Utah Correctional Facility The Central Utah Correctional Facility is one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations.... )	Draper (Utah State Prison)
Virginia List of individuals executed in Virginia A total of 103 individuals have been executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1976. All were convicted of capital murder....	Waverly (Sussex I State Prison)	(Fluvanna Correctional Center)	Greensville Correctional Center Greensville Correctional Center Greensville Correctional Center is a prison facility located in Jarratt, Virginia and operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections.Opened in September, 1990 in a ceremony presided over by Governor L....
Washington Capital punishment in Washington Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of Washington. A total of 109 executions have been carried out in the state and its predecessor Washington Territory since 1849....	Walla Walla Walla Walla Walla Walla can refer to:Walla Walla , a Native American tribe after which the county and City of Walla Walla, Washington are namedMV Walla Walla, a Jumbo Class ferry in the Washington State Ferry System... (Washington State Penitentiary Washington State Penitentiary Washington State Penitentiary is located in Walla Walla, Washington. With an operating capacity of 1,825, it is the largest prison in the state, and is surrounded by wheat fields.... )	Purdy Purdy, Washington Purdy is a small unincorporated community north of the city of Gig Harbor, Washington, on the northern boundary of Pierce County, Washington. It is located on the shores of Burley Lagoon and Henderson Bay of the Carr Inlet.... (Washington Corrections Center for Women)	Walla Walla (Washington State Penitentiary)
Wyoming Capital punishment in Wyoming Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Wyoming....	Rawlins (Wyoming State Penitentiary)	Lusk Lusk Lusk can refer to several different things.* Lusk, Tennessee, a community in the U.S. state of Tennessee* Lusk, Wyoming, a town in the U.S. state of Wyoming.... (Wyoming Women's Center)	Rawlins (Wyoming State Penitentiary) (5)

Notes :

(1) Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar is the only facility in the United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Military of the United States....
designated to house female Level III inmates.

(2) Last death sentence reversed on 2007

(3) Closed in 2008 under David Paterson

David Paterson

David Alexander Paterson is an American politician and the current Governor of New York. He is the first African American governor of New York and also the second blindness governor of any U.S....
administration

(4) No clarified site for execution

(5) If an execution does occur, the state will use its parole board meeting room at the state prison

In Japan
Capital punishment in Japan

Capital punishment is legal in Japan, with the only crimes for which this is the statutory punishment being homicide and treason. Between 1946 and 1993, Japanese courts sentenced 766 people to death , 608 of whom were executed....

Japanese death row inmates are imprisoned inside the detention centers of Kagoshima, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka

Osaka

is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
, Hiroshima

Hiroshima

The Japanese city of is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands....
and Fukuoka

Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital cities of Japan of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea Busan....
(Takamatsu is the 8th city having High Court, but for unexplained reasons the Takamatsu Detention Center is not equipped with execution chamber so executions administered by the Takamatsu High Court are carried out in the Osaka detention center). Because they are awaiting execution, those on death row are not classified as prisoners by the Japanese justice system and the facilities they are held at are not referred to as prisons. Inmates lack many of the rights afforded to other Japanese prisoners. The nature of the regime they live under is largely up to the director of the Detention Centre, but it is usually significantly harsher than normal Japanese prisons. Inmates are held under solitary confinement and are forbidden communication with their fellows. They are permitted two periods of exercise a week – reportedly, inmates are not permitted to do even limited exercise within their own cell. They are not allowed televisions and may only possess three books. Prison visits, both by family members and legal representatives, are infrequent and closely supervised.

External links

- An up to date listing of Death Row inmates' last meals/words.

For a time, the Texas Department of Justice's site had lists of last meals of executed prisoners. This was removed after it was criticized as "tasteless", but the list is available on online archives.

Death row

Locations of Death Rows in the United StatesCapital punishment in the United StatesCapital punishment of a felon in the United States, in modern times, is employed rarely and, in practice, only in cases involving murder. The history of U.S....

In JapanCapital punishment in JapanCapital punishment is legal in Japan, with the only crimes for which this is the statutory punishment being homicide and treason. Between 1946 and 1993, Japanese courts sentenced 766 people to death , 608 of whom were executed....

See also

External links

Locations of Death Rows in the United States
Capital punishment in the United States

Capital punishment of a felon in the United States, in modern times, is employed rarely and, in practice, only in cases involving murder. The history of U.S....

In Japan
Capital punishment in Japan

Capital punishment is legal in Japan, with the only crimes for which this is the statutory punishment being homicide and treason. Between 1946 and 1993, Japanese courts sentenced 766 people to death , 608 of whom were executed....