Editing Execution chamber

{{Short description|Room where capital punishment is administered}}
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An '''execution chamber''', or '''death chamber''', is a room or chamber in which [[capital punishment]] is carried out. Execution chambers are almost always inside the walls of a [[prison#Security levels|maximum-security prison]], although not always at the same prison where the [[death row]] population is housed. Inside the chamber is the device used to carry out the death sentence.

==United States==
[[File:RedHatsExecutionChamber.jpg|thumb|The former [[State of Louisiana]] execution chamber at the [[Red Hat Cell Block]] in the [[Louisiana State Penitentiary]] in [[West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|West Feliciana Parish]]. The [[electric chair]] is a replica of [[Gruesome Gertie|the original]].]]
In the United States, an execution chamber will usually contain a [[lethal injection]] table.  In most cases, a [[witness]] room is located adjacent to an execution chamber, where witnesses may watch the execution through glass windows. All except for two of the states which allow [[capital punishment]] are equipped with a death chamber, but many states rarely put them to use. The exceptions are [[Capital punishment in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]], which has no execution chamber (although one inmate remains on death row since the abolition of capital punishment in that state is not retroactive) and [[Capital punishment in California|California]], which has no execution chambers after the [[lethal injection]] room and [[gas chamber]] were removed in 2019. [[Capital punishment in Kansas|Kansas]], [[Capital punishment in Nevada|Nevada]], and [[Capital punishment in Wyoming|Wyoming]] are the only states to have an execution chamber, which is equipped to execute an inmate by lethal injection, which has never been used, while the states of [[Capital punishment in New Jersey|New Jersey]] and [[Capital punishment in New York (state)|New York]] formerly had lethal injection chambers which were never used while the death penalty remained legal.

The National Ethics Council of the [[American Institute of Architects]] ruled in 2019 that its members may continue to design execution chambers in jurisdictions where they are legal.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kimmelman|first=Michael|date=2020-06-12|title=There's No Reason for an Architect to Design a Death Chamber|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/arts/design/architects-prison-death-chamber.html|access-date=2020-06-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=National Ethics Council|date=December 2019|title=Wanton Disregard for the Rights of Others|url=http://content.aia.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/DPSR_Advisory_Opinion_200102.pdf|access-date=17 June 2020|website=American Institute of Architects}}</ref>

===Locations===
[[File:TerreHauteUSP.jpg|thumb|[[United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute]] houses the federal government execution chamber]]
[[File:HuntsvilleUnitHuntsvilleTX.jpg|thumb|[[Huntsville Unit]] houses the Texas execution chamber; it is the most active execution chamber in the United States, with 528 executions between 1982 and 2015.<ref>"[http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4082/Photos#tab-Photos/2 Inside Death Row] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626104338/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4082/Photos|date=2010-06-26}}." ''[[National Geographic Explorer]]''. Retrieved on September 28, 2010.</ref>]]

[[File:AngolaLAPrison.jpg|thumb|[[Louisiana State Penitentiary]] houses the Louisiana execution chamber]]
[[File:ParchmanGateNewPhoto.JPG|thumb|[[Mississippi State Penitentiary]] houses the Mississippi execution chamber]]

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|'''[[Capital punishment by the United States federal government|Federal]]'''
|[[Terre Haute, Indiana]] ([[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute]])<ref>"[http://www.bop.gov/news/press/press_releases/ipaspec.jsp Special Confinement Unit Opens at USP Terre Haute] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203120241/http://www.bop.gov/news/press/press_releases/ipaspec.jsp |date=2010-12-03 }}." Federal Bureau of Prisons. July 13, 1999. Retrieved on October 3, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment by the United States military|Military]]'''
|[[Terre Haute, Indiana]] ([[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute]])<ref>{{Cite news|title=Military sets date for first execution since 1961 |newspaper=AP |location=Topeka, Kan. |publisher=Military on NBC News |date=November 20, 2008 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27828874 |access-date=November 5, 2010 |quote=Army personnel will be responsible for conducting the execution in Indiana based on an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. }}, see also [[Ronald A. Gray]]</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Alabama|Alabama]]'''
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|[[Escambia County, Alabama|Escambia County]] ([[Holman Correctional Facility]])<ref>"[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. "The death chamber is located at Holman where all executions are conducted."</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Arizona|Arizona]]'''
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|[[Florence, Arizona|Florence]] ([[Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence]])<ref>"[http://www.azcorrections.gov/adc/datasearch/dr_faq.asp Death Row Information and Frequently Asked Questions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527105027/http://www.azcorrections.gov/adc/datasearch/dr_faq.asp |date=May 27, 2010 }}." [[Arizona Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Arkansas|Arkansas]]'''
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|[[Lincoln County, Arkansas|Lincoln County]] ([[Cummins Unit]])<ref>"[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."</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in California|California]]'''
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|[[Marin County, California|Marin County]] ([[San Quentin State Prison]])<ref>"[http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/1996_Press_Releases/press1996-12.html MEDIA ACCESS FOR WILLIAMS EXECUTION] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816091324/http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/1996_Press_Releases/press1996-12.html |date=2010-08-16 }}." [[California Department of Corrections]]. April 2, 1996. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "The execution of Keith Daniel Williams is scheduled for Friday, May 3, 1996 at San Quentin State Prison."</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Colorado|Colorado]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct{{Ref label|chambers|a|a}}
|[[Fremont County, Colorado|Fremont County]] ([[Colorado State Penitentiary]])<ref>"[http://www.doc.state.co.us/death-row-faq Death Row FAQ]." ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140804073048/http://www.doc.state.co.us/death-row-faq Archive]}}) [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Connecticut|Connecticut]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct{{Ref label|chambers|b|b}}
|[[Somers, Connecticut|Somers]] ([[Osborn Correctional Institution]])<ref>"[http://www.ct.gov/doc/LIB/doc/PDF/AD/ad0615.pdf Administration of Capital Punishment Directive Number 6.15]." [[Connecticut Department of Correction]]. October 19, 2004. 1/9. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "Execution Area. A series of four (4) contiguous rooms in the Osborn Correctional Institution {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} the..."</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Delaware|Delaware]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct
|[[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]] ([[James T. Vaughn Correctional Center]])<ref>"[http://www.doc.delaware.gov/BOP/PrisonDCC.shtml JAMES T VAUGHN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (formerly DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER)]." Delaware Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Florida|Florida]]'''
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|[[Bradford County, Florida|Bradford County]] ([[Florida State Prison]])<ref name="FloridaDR">"[http://www.dc.state.fl.us/oth/deathrow/ Death Row Fact Sheet] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803163540/http://www.dc.state.fl.us/oth/deathrow/ |date=August 3, 2010 }}." [[Florida Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]'''
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|[[Butts County, Georgia|Butts County]] ([[Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison]])<ref>"[http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/pdf/TheDeathPenaltyinGeorgia.pdf Office of Planning and Analysis: The Death Penalty] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722122439/http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/pdf/TheDeathPenaltyinGeorgia.pdf |date=2011-07-22 }}." [[Georgia Department of Corrections]]. January 2010. 3/15. Retrieved on July 18, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Idaho|Idaho]]'''
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|[[Kuna, Idaho|Kuna]] ([[Idaho Maximum Security Institution]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Illinois|Illinois]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct{{Ref label|chambers|c|c}}
|[[Tamms, Illinois|Tamms]] ([[Tamms Correctional Center]])<ref>"[http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/reports/other/Tamms%20CMAX%20Overview%20and%20Ten%20Point%20Plan.pdf Tamms Closed Maximum Security Unit: Ten-Point Plan Brief]." [[Illinois Department of Corrections]]. 3 (9/51). September 3, 2009. Retrieved on September 1, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Indiana|Indiana]]'''
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|[[Michigan City, Indiana|Michigan City]] ([[Indiana State Prison]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Kansas|Kansas]]'''
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|[[Lansing, Kansas|Lansing]] ([[Lansing Correctional Facility]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Kentucky|Kentucky]]'''
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|[[Eddyville, Kentucky|Eddyville]] ([[Kentucky State Penitentiary]])<ref>"[http://www.wlky.com/r/18007941/detail.html Kentucky State Penitentiary Prepares For 165th Execution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928084828/http://www.wlky.com/r/18007941/detail.html |date=2011-09-28 }}." ''[[WLKY]]''. Retrieved on September 8, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Louisiana|Louisiana]]'''
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|[[West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana|West Feliciana Parish]] ([[Louisiana State Penitentiary]])<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=12D1441D1B923E28&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Officials prep for Bordelon's execution Thursday]." ''[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]''. January 6, 2010. Retrieved on August 24, 2010. "Laborde said Bordelon has been moved from Angola's new Death Row facility to a cell at nearby Camp F, where the execution chamber is located"</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Maryland|Maryland]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct{{Ref label|chambers|d|d}}
|[[Baltimore]] ([[Metropolitan Transition Center]])<ref name="MarylandDR">Calvert, Scott and Kate Smith. "{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121205173707/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.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Mississippi|Mississippi]]'''
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|[[Sunflower County, Mississippi|Sunflower County]] ([[Mississippi State Penitentiary]])<ref>Martin, Nathan. "{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20110713193411/http://leadercall.com/homepage/x1593265578/Wilcher-gets-reprieve?keyword=leadpicturestory Wilcher gets reprieve]}}." ''[[Laurel Leader-Call]]''. July 12, 2006. Retrieved on July 21, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Missouri|Missouri]]'''
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|[[Bonne Terre, Missouri|Bonne Terre]] ([[Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Montana|Montana]]'''
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|[[Powell County, Montana|Powell County]] ([[Montana State Prison]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Nebraska|Nebraska]]'''
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|[[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]] ([[Nebraska State Penitentiary]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Nevada|Nevada]]'''
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|[[White Pine County, Nevada|White Pine County]] ([[Ely State Prison]])<ref>{{cite news|author=Whaley, Sean|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/nevadas-new-860000-execution-chamber-is-finished-but-gathering-dust/|title=Nevada's new $860,000 execution chamber is finished but gathering dust|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|date=2016-11-27|access-date=2017-04-23}}</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]'''
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|[[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]] ([[New Hampshire State Prison for Men]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in New Jersey|New Jersey]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct{{Ref label|chambers|f|f}}
|[[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] ([[New Jersey State Prison]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in New Mexico|New Mexico]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct{{Ref label|chambers|g|g}}
|[[Santa Fe County, New Mexico|Santa Fe County]] ([[Penitentiary of New Mexico]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in New York|New York]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct{{Ref label|chambers|h|h}}
|[[Beekman, New York|Beekman]] ([[Green Haven Correctional Facility]]){{Ref label|chambers|i|i}}
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|'''[[Capital punishment in North Carolina|North Carolina]]'''
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|[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] ([[Central Prison]])<ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120111232332/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/936354101.html?dids=936354101:936354101&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+02%2C+2005&author=FROM+NEWS+SERVICES&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Inmate+who+could+be+1%2C000th+execution+waits+for+family&pqatl=google Inmate who could be 1,000th execution waits for family]}}." ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. December 2, 2005. Start Page 14. Retrieved on September 1, 2010. "... panes separating the viewing room from the stark execution chamber at Central Prison."</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Ohio|Ohio]]'''
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|[[Jefferson Township, Scioto County, Ohio|Jefferson]] and [[Valley Township, Scioto County, Ohio|Valley]] townships,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st39_oh/cousub/cs3914538815_jefferson/DC20BLK_CS3914538815.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Jefferson township, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-08-01|quote=Southern Ohio Corr Facility}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st39_oh/cousub/cs3914579170_valley/DC20BLK_CS3914579170.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Valley township, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-08-01|quote=Southern Ohio Corr Facility|page=3 (PDF p. 4/4)}}</ref> [[Scioto County, Ohio|Scioto County]] ([[Southern Ohio Correctional Facility]])<ref>"[http://drc.ohio.gov/Public/deathrow.htm Ohio Death Row Inmates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826045853/http://www.drc.ohio.gov/public/deathrow.htm |date=2010-08-26 }}." [[Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction]]. Retrieved on September 2, 100.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]'''
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|[[McAlester, Oklahoma|McAlester]] ([[Oklahoma State Penitentiary]])<ref>"[http://www.doc.state.ok.us/offenders/deathrow.htm Death Row] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429043801/http://www.doc.state.ok.us/offenders/deathrow.htm |date=2009-04-29 }}." [[Oklahoma Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on September 2, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Oregon|Oregon]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct
|[[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] ([[Oregon State Penitentiary]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'''
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|[[Benner Township, Pennsylvania|Benner Township]]<ref>"Benner Township Zoning Map." ''[http://benner.centreconnect.org/ordinances/BennerTownshipZoningOrdinance_002.pdf Zoning Ordinance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725152405/http://benner.centreconnect.org/ordinances/BennerTownshipZoningOrdinance_002.pdf |date=2011-07-25 }}''. Benner Township, March 2009. Retrieved on July 26, 2010</ref><!--The prison land is zoned as "Agricultural" - It is between PA 26 and PA 150, along Rockview Road/Perimeter Road--><ref name="RockProfile">{{cite web|url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/hide_rockview/11428 |title=Pennsylvania Department of Corrections: SCI Rockview |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Corrections |access-date=2010-07-26}}</ref> ([[State Correctional Institution - Rockview]])<ref>"[http://www.cor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/death_penalty/17351# Death Penalty FAQ]." [[Pennsylvania Department of Corrections]]. 2 (2/4). Retrieved on July 26, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in South Carolina|South Carolina]]'''
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|[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]] ([[Broad River Correctional Institution]])<ref>"[http://www.doc.sc.gov/news/deathrow.jsp Death Row/Capital Punishment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007192915/http://www.doc.sc.gov/news/deathrow.jsp |date=2010-10-07 }}." [[South Carolina Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in South Dakota|South Dakota]]'''
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|[[Sioux Falls, South Dakota|Sioux Falls]] ([[South Dakota State Penitentiary]])<ref>"{{cite web |url=http://doc.sd.gov/adult/facilities/sdsptour.aspx |title=South Dakota Department of Corrections |access-date=2011-01-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105165459/http://doc.sd.gov/adult/facilities/sdsptour.aspx |archive-date=2011-01-05 }}"</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Tennessee|Tennessee]]'''
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|[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] ([[Riverbend Maximum Security Institution]])<ref>"[http://www.tennessee.gov/correction/media/deathpenalty.html Death Penalty in Tennessee History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721062539/http://www.tennessee.gov/correction/media/deathpenalty.html |date=2011-07-21 }}." [[Tennessee Department of Correction]]. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Texas|Texas]]'''
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|[[Huntsville, Texas|Huntsville]] ([[Huntsville Unit]])<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/faq/faq-victim.htm Frequently Asked Questions Victim Survivors Viewing Executions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825181315/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/faq/faq-victim.htm |date=2010-08-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "Executions in Texas normally take place after 6:00 p.m. at the Huntsville Unit in downtown Huntsville, Texas."</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Utah|Utah]]'''
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|[[Salt Lake City]] ([[Utah State Correctional Facility]])
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Virginia|Virginia]]'''
| style="background-color:#FF6666" |Defunct{{Ref label|chambers|j|j}}
|[[Greensville County, Virginia|Greensville County]] ([[Greensville Correctional Center]])<ref>"[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.</ref><ref>"[http://www.vadoc.virginia.gov/facilities/eastern/greensville/ Greensville Correctional Center/Greensville Work Center (major male institution)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819025301/http://www.vadoc.virginia.gov/facilities/eastern/greensville/ |date=2010-08-19 }}." [[Virginia Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 22, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Washington (state)|Washington]]'''
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|[[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla]] ([[Washington State Penitentiary]])<ref name="WashingtonDR">"[http://www.doc.wa.gov/offenderinfo/capitalpunishment/ Capital Punishment in Washington State] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422182759/http://www.doc.wa.gov/offenderinfo/capitalpunishment/ |date=2009-04-22 }}." [[Washington State Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 26, 2010.</ref>
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|'''[[Capital punishment in Wyoming|Wyoming]]'''
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|[[Rawlins, Wyoming|Rawlins]] ([[Wyoming State Penitentiary]]){{Ref label|chambers|l|l}}
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'''Notes:'''

{{note label|chambers||a}}Death penalty abolished in 2020. All remaining inmate's death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. [[Jared Polis]] immediately upon abolition.

{{note label|chambers||b}} Death penalty abolished in 2012. All remaining inmates death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by the [[Connecticut Supreme Court]] in 2015.

{{note label|chambers||c}} Death penalty abolished in 2011. All condemned prisoners sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. [[Pat Quinn (politician)|Pat Quinn]] immediately upon abolition.

{{note label|chambers||d}} Death penalty abolished in 2013. Remaining inmate's death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. [[Martin O'Malley]] in 2014.

{{note label|chambers||e}} Death penalty abolished in 2019; one prisoner, [[Michael K. Addison]], remains on death row under sentence of death.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/new-hampshire-legislature-abolishes-death-penalty.html|title=New Hampshire Legislature Overrides Veto, Abolishes Death Penalty|first=Mark Joseph|last=Stern|journal=Slate |date=30 May 2019|accessdate=1 July 2023|via=slate.com}}</ref>

{{note label|chambers||f}} Death penalty abolished in 2007.<ref name=Amick>Amick, George. "[http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/10/looking_back_on_repeal_of_new.html Amick: After Georgia debate, looking back on repeal of New Jersey's death penalty]" ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160403051709/http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/10/looking_back_on_repeal_of_new.html Archive]}}). ''[[Times of Trenton]]''. October 10, 2011. Retrieved on March 21, 2016.</ref> All remaining inmate's death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. [[Jon Corzine]] immediately upon abolition.

{{note label|chambers||g}} Death penalty abolished in 2009. All remaining inmates death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by the [[New Mexico Supreme Court]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Mexico Sets Aside Final 2 Death Sentences | website=US News & World Report | date=28 June 2019 | url=http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2019-06-28/new-mexico-vacates-last-remaining-death-sentences | access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref>

{{note label|chambers||h}} Death penalty abolished in 2007.  All remaining inmates death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by the [[New York Court of Appeals]] immediately upon abolition.

{{note label|chambers||i}} Closed in 2008 under [[David Paterson|David Paterson's]] administration.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/07242008/news/regionalnews/gov_pulls_switch_on_death_cell_121295.htm | work=New York Post | first=Brendan | last=Scott | title=Gov Pulls Switch On Death Cell | date=July 24, 2008}}</ref>

{{note label|chambers||j}} Death penalty abolished in 2021. All remaining inmates death sentences were automatically commuted to life imprisonment under the abolition statute.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/05/virginia-first-southern-state-abolish-death-penalty|title=Virginia all but certain to become first southern state to abolish death penalty|first=Ed|last=Pilkington|date=5 February 2021|accessdate=1 July 2023|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/virginia-governor-signs-death-penalty-repeal-bill-after-death-chamber-tour|title=Virginia governor signs death penalty repeal bill|date=24 March 2021|website=CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR|accessdate=1 July 2023}}</ref>

{{note label|chambers||k}} Death penalty abolished in 2018. All remaining inmates death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by the [[Washington Supreme Court]] immediately upon abolition.

{{note label|chambers||l}} If an execution does occur, the state will use its parole board meeting room at the state prison.

==United Kingdom==
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In the United Kingdom, the execution chamber was part of a larger complex, often referred to as the "Execution Suite". The room, usually formed from two single [[prison cells]], contained the large [[trapdoor]], usually double-leaved, but in some older chambers such as at Oxford, single-leaved, and operating lever. The wooden beam from which the rope was suspended was usually set into the walls of the chamber above, with the floor removed. At Wandsworth Prison the floor was retained and holes allowed the rope and chains through. Oxford's chamber was of an old 19th-century type, and the beam was set into the walls of the chamber just above head height.

Such rooms were almost always built into one of the wings of a [[prison]]; following the recommendation of prison governors during the 1948 Royal Commission on [[capital punishment]], further execution chambers were housed in purpose-built blocks separate from the main prison. The last [[gallows]] actually used in Britain, at Aberdeen Prison, was built in 1962 but was used only once, for the hanging of [[Henry John Burnett]], the last person to be executed in Scotland. A freestanding execution block was built at Perth Prison in 1965, but remained unused. This was the last purpose-built gallows in the UK.

The last officially operational gallows in the United Kingdom (as several remained unofficially in other prisons), at [[Wandsworth Prison]], was removed in 1994. Salvaged parts from it are in the possession of the [[National Justice Museum]], having previously been at the [[HM Prison Service]] museum.

==Japan==
[[File:Tokyo detention center.jpg|thumb|One of Japan's seven execution chambers is in the [[Tokyo Detention House]]]]
Japan has seven execution chambers, which are located at the Detention Houses in [[Tokyo Detention House|Tokyo]], [[Nagoya Detention House|Nagoya]], [[Osaka Detention House|Osaka]], [[Hiroshima Detention House|Hiroshima]], [[Fukuoka Detention House|Fukuoka]], [[Sendai]] and [[Sapporo]]. All executions in Japan are carried out by hanging. The execution chamber in Tokyo has a trap door. As the condemned is dropped, their body falls into a room below the execution chamber and the death is confirmed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/japan-reveals-long-secretive-execution-process/?hpt=Sbin |title=Japan reveals long-secretive execution process |date=2010-08-27 |publisher=CNN |access-date=2023-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828095743/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/japan-reveals-long-secretive-execution-process/?hpt=Sbin |archive-date=2010-08-28}}</ref> In the Tokyo facility, the actual chamber is preceded by a room with a shrine to ''Amida Nyorai'' ([[Amitābha]]), a Buddhist deity, to allow for prayers and consultation with a religious official. The execution room in Tokyo is separated into two sections, with a total area of 25 m<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="Diettour">"[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20030724a3.html Diet members tour execution chamber]." ''[[The Japan Times]]''. Thursday July 24, 2003. Retrieved on August 27, 2010.</ref>

== Canada ==
In Canada, executions were usually carried out in the county/municipality jail where they were committed. Alberta had gallows for the entire province in [[Fort Saskatchewan]] and Lethbridge. British Columbia had their executions in [[Oakalla Prison|Oakalla]] ([[Burnaby]]).

The [[Don Jail]] was for murders committed in [[Toronto|The City of Toronto and County of York]]. The Ontario County Jail in [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]] which was used for murders committed to what is now [[Durham Region]]. Most hangings were carried out using temporary gallows built in the jail yard although a few jails had permanent indoor facilities.

== Gallery ==
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File:SQ_Lethal_Injection_Room.jpg|Execution chamber at [[San Quentin State Prison]]
File:Florida electric-chair.jpg|Execution chamber at Florida State Prison in 1999, set up for electrocution
File:Execution chamber, Florida.jpg|Same execution chamber at the Florida State Prison, post-1999, set up for lethal injection
</gallery>


==See also==
* [[Capital punishment]]
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