San Quentin death row

The San Quentin prison, located on the cape of the same name in California, is known to many, and today we have the opportunity to look at it from the inside, to see how life goes on death row.

This prison was opened in 1852 and is still operating, which makes it one of the oldest in the country. Initially, it was a large wooden ship weighing 268 tons. He anchored in the San Francisco Bay and contained 30 criminals.

Currently, the area of San Quentin is approximately 1.7 sq. Km.

The legality of the death penalty in America is recognized in 32 states. However, the percentage of executed sentences is rather low. So, for example, in 2010, out of 3108 prisoners on death row, only 39 were executed.

Texas has the highest number of executions.

Behind this door in San Quentin are death row cells.

Some of the prisoners living here look quite catchy and textured.

This death row prisoner is happy to pose for the camera.

Watchtower.

The roof offers a general view of the famous San Quentin. There is a gas chamber for executing death sentences in this penitentiary institution, but now fatal injections are being used instead.

Signature San Quentin Prison Belt.

Prisoners of death row are not deprived of the benefits of civilization. They even have televisions in their cameras.

During the death penalty, a poisonous solution is injected into the prisoner's body with a lethal injection, as well as a portion of pain medication to reduce physical suffering.

The prisoner in this cell is awaiting a lethal injection.

Injection, after which death occurs, is sentenced not only in America, but also occurs in the Philippines, China, Thailand and Vietnam. Fatal injection is considered the most humane type of execution compared to electric stools.

The execution of a convict using lethal injection was developed and proposed as an alternative to traditional methods in 1977 by Jay Chapman. Approved and supported the innovation of Stanley Deutsche. After the injection, death usually occurs between 4 and 17 minutes. Outwardly, everything looks as if a person is falling asleep and falling into a dream.

The newspaper Los Angeles Times in 2011 published on its pages the results of studies that the death penalty requires quite serious financial costs not only for the local and regional budgets, but also for the federal one. In addition, it is worth noting that no matter what type of death penalty is used, he is not able to insure against judicial errors.

The prisoner communicates with reporters.

San Quentin quite often carried out death sentences for prisoners from the famous Alcatraz.

People who criticize execution by lethal injection believe this method is actually not so humane. After studying the records of the autopsy results of the executed body, the examination showed that the content of the pain medication in the blood is much lower than, for example, during a surgical operation, and sometimes convicts could even be conscious.