death house

See also: deathhouse

English

Noun

death house (plural death houses)

  1. Synonym of death row
  2. A holding area in a prison for condemned prisoners in the time immediately prior to execution.

References
  • Syn. death row: Christianson, Scott, Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House, NYU Press, 2000, →ISBN
  • Holding area: Pickett, Carroll, Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain, St. Martin's Press, 2002, ISBN →ISBN
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