| The Daily Routine of Death Row Inmates |
Meals: | Death row inmates take meals in their cells at 5a.m., 10:30a.m.-11:00a.m. and 4p.m.-4:30p.m. Food Services prepares the trays which are transported by insulated carts to the wings. Runners (inmates in administrative confinement), accompanied by officers distribute meals to the cells. |
Exercise: |
Death row inmates are taken to the exercise yard four hours a week; twice a week for two hours each. The yard has basketball, volleyball and weights. The inmates are counted at least once an hour. |
Visitors: | Visitors are allowed every weekend from 9a.m. to 3p.m.: all must be approved by the prison before being placed on the inmate’s visitor list. If a visitor travels over 200 miles, the visitor can visit both Saturday and Sunday. Members of the media may request death row inmate interviews through the Office of Information Services at (904)488-0420. |
Showers: | The inmates may shower every other day. |
Security: |
Inmates are escorted in handcuffs and wear them everywhere except in their cells, the exercise yard, and the shower. They are in their cells at all times except for medical reasons or legal or media interviews, or social visits. When a warrant is signed the inmate is allowed a legal and social call.
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| Mail,
Magazines &
Entertainment: |
Inmates may receive mail every day except holidays and weekends; they may have cigarettes and snacks, radios and black and white televisions in their cells. They do not have cable. They can tune into church services on closed circuit television. The televisions are paid for through the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. Inmates occasionally play chess with a cell mate on either side of him/her. |
Clothing: |
Death row inmates can be distinguished from other inmates by their orange T-shirts. |
