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Ruth Hill of The Observer described the unit as "intimidating," saying that the "bunker-like buildings are punctuated with slit windows and wreathed in wire, with guard towers on every corner." In regards to the name Hill stated "But there is no mountain, and from the prison's death row, there is no view." The female death row inmates may participate in a work program and have limited viewing of a television located outside of their cells. Each death row inmate may have limited association with the other inmates. The women on death row are permitted to knit and sew. The current death row building opened in 2000. Amy Dorsett of the San Antonio Express-News said that the facility has "gleaming white walls, sun-filled cells and a decorative recreation room."
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