death house

English

Noun

death house (plural death houses)

1. Syn. 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 978-0814715963
• Holding area: Pickett, Carroll, Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain, St. Martin's Press, 2002, ISBN ISBN 978-0312287177