Alabama Department of Corrections - Death Row

Death Row

See also: Capital punishment in Alabama

Holman Correctional Facility has a male death row that originally had a capacity of 20, but was later expanded in the summer of 2000. The William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility has a male death row with a capacity of 24. Donaldson's death row houses prisoners who need to stay in the Birmingham judicial district. Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women houses the female death row. All executions occur at Holman.

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