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Other usespp-move-indefGlobalize|article|date=July 2008capital punishment Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison , that houses individuals awaiting Capital punishment|execution . The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ("being on death row"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists. After individuals are found guilty of an offense and sentenced to death, they remain on death row during appeal and habeas corpus procedures, and if those are unsuccessful, until execution. Due to the complex, expensive, and time-consuming appeals procedures mandated in some jurisdictions, e.g. the United States , before an execution can be carried out, prisoners may wait years before execution; the time between sentencing and execution has increased relatively steadily between 1977 and 2010, including a 22% jump between 1989 and 1990 and a similar jump between 2008 and 2009. In 2010, a death row inmate waited an average of 178 months (or close to 15 years) between sentencing and execution. cite web|url = http://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/capital-punishment-2010-statistics/ |title = "Department of Justice: Capital Punishment, 2010 Figures" |publisher = Journalist's Resource.org Nearly a quarter of deaths on death row in the U.S. are due to Death by natural causes|natural causes . http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cp05.htm United States Department of Justice
Opponents of capital punishment claim that a prisoner's isolation and uncertainty over his or her fate constitute a form of mental cruelty and that especially long-time death row inmates are liable to become Mental illness|mentally ill , if they are not already. This is referred to as the death row phenomenon . In extreme cases some inmates may attempt suicide .
In the United Kingdom, the convicted were given one appeal of their sentence. If that appeal was found to involve an important point of law it was taken up to the House of Lords and at that point the sentence was changed to life in prison. http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/capital_hist.htm In some Caribbean countries which still authorize execution, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the ultimate court of appeals. 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 continuedCitation needed|date=January 2010 the conventional ' Pardon#Related concepts|reprieved if not executed within 90 days' process adopted by Britain before its abolition (Haiti later abolished the death penalty in 1987).Cite web|url= http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty/abolitionist-and-retentionist-countries|title=Abolitionist and retentionist countries|accessdate=January 13, 2010|quote=1987: Haiti, Liechtenstein and the German Democratic Republic (1) abolished the death penalty for all crimes.|publisher= Amnesty International
There were approximately 3,189 people on death row in the United States as of Jan 1, 2012 ( http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FactSheet.pdf). Since 1977, the states of Texas (464), Virginia (108) and Oklahoma (94) have executed the most death row inmates. cite web|url = http://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/capital-punishment-2010-statistics/ |title = "Department of Justice: Capital Punishment, 2010 Figures" |publisher = Journalist's Resource.org As of 2010, California (683), Florida (390), Texas (330) and Pennsylvania (218) housed more than half of all inmates pending on death row. As of 2008, the longest-serving prisoner on death row in the U.S.A. who has been executed was Jack Alderman who served over 33 years. He was executed in 2008. http://www.reprieve.org.uk/Press_Jack_Alderman_Executed.htm Jack Alderman Executed However, Alderman only holds the distinction of being the longest-serving executed inmate so far. A Florida inmate, Gary Alvord, arrived on Florida's death row before Alderman arrived on Georgia's death row and, on 9 April 2009, Alvord had been on death row for exactly 35 years, http://www.dc.state.fl.us/ActiveInmates/list.asp? DataAction=GetInmate& DCNumber=041482 longer than any other United States death row inmate. The oldest prisoner on death row in the United States was Leroy Nash , age 94, in Arizona. He died of Death by natural causes|natural causes on February 12, 2010.
Death row locations in the United States
Men's death row
Women's death row
Civilian Federal
Terre Haute , Indiana "http:/ / www.bop.gov/ news/ press/ press_releases/ ipaspec.jsp Special Confinement Unit Opens at USP Terre Haute." Federal Bureau of Prisons . July 13, 1999. Retrieved on October 3, 2010.
Fort Worth , Texas Marshall, John. "http:/ / www.semissourian.com/ story/ 1323151.html Lisa Montgomery gets death penalty for killing pregnant woman." Associated Press at the Southeast Missourian . Friday April 4, 2008. Retrieved on October 3, 2010. "Department of Justice spokesman Don Ledford said Montgomery will likely be sent to the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, a women's correctional facility that has medical services for inmates.""http:/ / www.bop.gov/ iloc2/ InmateFinderServlet? Transaction=NameSearch& needingMoreList=false& FirstName=Lisa& Middle=& LastName=Montgomery& Race=U& Sex=U& Age=& x=0& y=0 Lisa M Montgomery." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on October 3, 2010."http:/ / www.bop.gov/ iloc2/ InmateFinderServlet? Transaction=NameSearch& needingMoreList=false& FirstName=Angela& Middle=& LastName=Johnson& Race=U& Sex=U& Age=& x=32& y=22 Angela Johnson." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on October 14, 2010.
Military
United States Disciplinary Barracks , Fort Leavenworth , Kansas
Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar , San Diego , California 1
State
Men's death row
Women's death row
Alabama
Holman Correctional Facility "http:/ / www.doc.state.al.us/ docs/ AnnualRpts/ 2003AnnualReport.pdf Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003." Alabama Department of Corrections . 33/ 84. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "which also included a cellblock for 20 death row inmates." and William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility "http:/ / www.doc.state.al.us/ docs/ AnnualRpts/ 2003AnnualReport.pdf Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003." Alabama Department of Corrections . 21/ 84. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "Donaldson has a death row unit with a capacity of 24 inmates."
Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women "http:/ / www.doc.state.al.us/ docs/ AnnualRpts/ 2003AnnualReport.pdf Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003." Alabama Department of Corrections . 45/ 84. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "Tutwiler also has a death row,"
Arizona
Arizona State Prison Complex - Eyman "http:/ / www.azcorrections.gov/ Jill_dr_faq.aspx Death Row Information and Frequently Asked Questions." Arizona Department of Corrections . Retrieved on February 23, 2011.
Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville
Arkansas
Varner Unit "http:/ / www.arkansas.gov/ senate/ newsroom/ files/ junethirteen.doc State Capitol Week in Review." State of Arkansas. June 13, 2008. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "Executions are carried out in the Cummins Unit, which is adjacent to Varner."
McPherson Unit Haddigan, Michael. "http:/ / web.archive.org/ web/ 19990508130907/ http:/ / www.arktimes.com/ 990409coverstory.html They Kill Women, Don't They? " Arkansas Times . April 9, 1999. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.
California
San Quentin State Prison "http:/ / www.cdcr.ca.gov/ reports_research/ historycapital.html History of Capital Punishment in California." California Department of Corrections . Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "All male prisoners on condemned status are housed at a maximum-security custody level in three units at San Quentin State Prison. Females are housed in a maximum-security unit at Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla."
Central California Women’s Facility
Colorado
No designated death row Currently all DR prisoners are at Sterling Correctional Facility "http:/ / www.doc.state.co.us/ death-row-faq Death Row FAQ." (http:/ / www.webcitation.org/ 67255Iqzo Archive) Colorado Department of Corrections . Retrieved on April 19, 2012.
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Connecticut
Northern Correctional Institution "http:/ / www.ct.gov/ doc/ cwp/ view.asp? a=1499& q=265436 Northern Correctional Institution." Connecticut Department of Correction . Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
York Correctional Institution "http:/ / www.ct.gov/ doc/ cwp/ view.asp? a=1499& Q=265454& docNav= York Correctional Institution." Connecticut Department of Correction . Retrieved on November 9, 2010. "The York Correctional Institution is a high-security facility. It serves as the state's only institution for female offenders. It serves all superior courts in Connecticut and manages all pretrial and sentenced female offenders, whatever their security level."
Delaware
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center "http:/ / www.doc.delaware.gov/ information/ deathrow_factsheet.shtml Death Row Fact Sheet." Delaware Department of Corrections . Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution
Florida
Union Correctional Institution and Florida State Prison "http:/ / www.dc.state.fl.us/ oth/ deathrow/ Death Row Fact Sheet." Florida Department of Corrections . Retrieved on August 15, 2010.
Lowell Correctional Institution Annex
Georgia
Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison "http:/ / www.dcor.state.ga.us/ GDC/ FacilityMap/ html/ ga_diag_class_pris.html Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison." Georgia Department of Corrections . Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
Metro State Prison "http:/ / www.dcor.state.ga.us/ Reports/ Monthly/ pdf/ UpdateUDS2010.pdf Inmates Under Death Sentence January 1, 2010 Changes to UDS Population During 2009." Georgia Department of Corrections . 3/ 7. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.
Idaho
Boise
Pocatello
Illinois
Pontiac "http:/ / www.idoc.state.il.us/ subsections/ news/ doc_report/ archive/ doc_report_online_03_07_03.shtml DOC Report Online." Illinois Department of Corrections . Retrieved on September 1, 2010.
Dwight Correctional Center
Indiana
Michigan City
Indiana Women's Prison , Indianapolis
Kansas
El Dorado
Topeka
Kentucky
Eddyville Barrouquere, Brett. "http:/ / nl.newsbank.com/ nl-search/ we/ Archives? p_product=HDEB& p_theme=hdeb& p_action=search& p_maxdocs=200& p_topdoc=1& p_text_direct-0=11D2F71054304DF0& p_field_direct-0=document_id& p_perpage=10& p_sort=YMD_date:D& s_trackval=GooglePM Inmate challenges sedatives used in lethal injections Wilson also claims state doesn't provide enough information to inmates." The Harlan Daily Enterprise . November 24, 2007. Retrieved on September 8, 2010.
Peewee Valley "http:/ / www.wlky.com/ r/ 18007941/ detail.html Kentucky State Penitentiary Prepares For 165th Execution." WLKY . Retrieved on September 8, 2010.
Louisiana
Louisiana State Penitentiary "http:/ / www.cbsnews.com/ stories/ 2010/ 04/ 26/ sunday/ main6433894.shtml Life After Death Row." CBS News . April 25, 2010. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "Rideau was sent to Louisiana's Angola Prison, where he spent a decade waiting to be executed."
St. Gabriel "http:/ / www.corrections.state.la.us/ pages/ correctional-facilities/ louisiana-correctional-institute-for-women/ Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women." Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections . Retrieved on August 16, 2010.
Maryland
North Branch Correctional Institution Calvert, Scott and Kate Smith. "http:/ / www.baltimoresun.com/ news/ maryland/ bs-md-death-row-relocated-20100625,0,722126.story Death row inmates transferred to W. Maryland." The Baltimore Sun . June 25, 2010. Retrieved on September 22, 2010.
Jessup Citation needed
Mississippi
Mississippi State Penitentiary "http:/ / www.mdoc.state.ms.us/ division_of_institutions%20State%20Prisons.htm Division of Institutions State Prisons." Mississippi Department of Corrections. April 21, 2010. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.
Central Mississippi Correctional Facility
Missouri
Potosi Correctional Center Lombardi, George, Richard D. Sluder, and Donald Wallace. "http:/ / doc.mo.gov/ documents/ DeathSentencedInmates.pdf The Management of Death-Sentenced Inmates: Issues, Realities, and Innovative Strategies." Missouri Department of Corrections . 8-9. Retrieved on September 18, 2010.
Fulton Citation needed
Montana
Deer Lodge
Billings
Nebraska
Tecumseh
York
Nevada
Ely "http:/ / www.doc.nv.gov/ organization.php Organization." Nevada Department of Corrections . Retrieved on September 5, 2010.
North Las Vegas "http:/ / www.nctimes.com/ news/ state-and-regional/ article_5a6cdab7-6517-59e3-9d4b-2fc6aff523b3.html Lone woman on Nevada's death row dies in prison." Associated Press at North County Times . January 31, 2005. Retrieved on September 5, 2010.
New Hampshire
Concord
Goffstown
New Mexico
Santa Fe County
Grants
New York 2
Dannemora "http:/ / www.docs.state.ny.us/ RulesRegs/ 20090715_cor13-09-00005.html Repeal of Death Sentence Regulations (Section 103.45 of 7 NYCRR)." New York State Department of Correctional Services. Retrieved on September 2, 2010.
Bedford Hills
North Carolina
Raleigh "http:/ / www.doc.state.nc.us/ dop/ deathpenalty/ deathwat.htm Death Row and Death Watch." North Carolina Department of Correction. Retrieved on September 1, 2010.
North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women , Raleigh
Salem "http:/ / www.oregon.gov/ DOC/ PUBAFF/ cap_punishment/ cap_punishment.shtml Capital Punishment in Oregon." Oregon Department of Corrections . Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
Wilsonville Citation needed
Pennsylvania
Franklin Township and Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
SCI-Muncy , Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Ridgeville "http:/ / www.doc.sc.gov/ news/ deathrow.jsp Death Row/ Capital Punishment." South Carolina Department of Corrections . Retrieved on August 17, 2010.
Columbia "http:/ / www.doc.sc.gov/ institutions/ camille.jsp Graham (Camille Griffin) Correctional Institution." South Carolina Department of Corrections . Retrieved on August 17, 2010. "The institution also functions as a major special management unit with the ability to house female death row inmates and county safekeepers."
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Tennessee
Nashville "http:/ / www.state.tn.us/ correction/ deathfacts.html Death Row Facts." Tennessee Department of Correction . Retrieved on August 25, 2010. and Morgan County Correctional Complex , Wartburg, Tennessee
Nashville
Texas
West Livingston "http:/ / factfinder.census.gov/ servlet/ MapItDrawServlet? geo_id=16000US4877662& _bucket_id=50& tree_id=420& context=saff& _lang=en& _sse=on West Livingston CDP, Texas." U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved on May 9, 2010."http:/ / www.tdcj.state.tx.us/ stat/ drowfacts.htm Death Row Facts." Texas Department of Criminal Justice . Retrieved on August 15, 2010.
Gatesville
Utah
Draper
Gunnison
Virginia
Sussex County "http:/ / www.vadoc.virginia.gov/ facilities/ eastern/ sussex1/ default.shtm Sussex I State Prison." Virginia Department of Corrections . Retrieved on August 22, 2010."http:/ / www.vadoc.virginia.gov/ resources/ news/ 06mar8_sussexwar.shtm DOC Appoints New Warden at Sussex I State Prison." Virginia Department of Corrections . March 9, 2006. Retrieved on August 22, 2010.
Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women "http:/ / www.myfoxdc.com/ dpp/ news/ virginia/ virginia-death-row-execution-facts-111009 Virginia Death Row/ Execution Facts." My FOX DC. Tuesday November 10, 2009. Retrieved on August 22, 2010."http:/ / www.vadoc.virginia.gov/ facilities/ central/ fluvanna/ Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (female institution)." Virginia Department of Corrections . Retrieved on August 22, 2010.
Washington
Walla Walla "http:/ / www.doc.wa.gov/ offenderinfo/ capitalpunishment/ Capital Punishment in Washington State." Washington Department of Corrections . Retrieved on August 26, 2010.
Washington Corrections Center for Women
Wyoming
Rawlins
Lusk
Notes: 1Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar is the only facility in the United States Department of Defense designated to house female Level III inmates.
2Last death sentence reversed in 2007.
See also
Portal|Criminal justice|Law
Live from Death Row
The Green Mile
The Chamber
Dead Man Walking (book)|Dead Man Walking
Capital punishment
List of United States death row inmates
List of exonerated death row inmates
Execution chamber
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External links
" http://www.aolnews.com/tag/death-row-inmates/photo/ Death Row Inmates Pictures." AOL News
" http://doc.mo.gov/documents/DeathSentencedInmates.pdf The Management of Death-Sentenced Inmates: Issues, Realities, and Innovative Strategies" - Missouri Department of Corrections
http://www.tony-medina.info/en Death Row Inmates Tony Medina
http://www.deathrow.se Deathrow - The last resort
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