Death Row Facts and Statistics

Death Row Facts and Statistics

• Average cell size: 6 feet by 9 feet by 9.5 feet high

• Hours spent in isolation in cell per day: 23

• Hours allowed out of cell per day: 1 (5/7 days a week)

• How the 1 hour of freedom is split: free time / shower / exercise

• Hours allowed out of cell per week: 5

• Hours allowed out of cell per month: 20

• Hours allowed out of cell per year: 240 (equates to 10 days)

• Average time spent on death row: 20 years and 3 months (2017 data)

• Average amount of innocent people executed: approximately 4% (2014 data)

• Average suicide rate on death row: approximately 1.3 out of every 1000 inmates (1977 - 2010 data)

• How often the guards do their checks on the inmates: Every hour, 24 hours a day (the average time it takes a person to fall asleep is 10 - 20 minutes, meaning that inmates can never get to sleep for more than 50 minutes at a time)