Ok, so I got into it a little bit. There is a mountain of work to do. But here is the tip of the iceberg:

1) Louisiana State Penitentiary (10 Placemarks w/ detailed descriptions)
....including the Death Row building, with currently 84 inmates in line
....a museum, with "Old Sparky" the electric chair
....a golf course, called "Prison View", for visitor's only, of course
....the annual prison inmate rodeo

2) Nebraska State Penitentiary

3) Kentucky State Penitentiary, with a link to /profiles/ (with pics) of the 36 inmates on death row.

4) Arkansas State Prison, Maximum Security Unit, Tucker Unit

5) William Donaldson Correctional Facility, Alabama

6) Holman Prison, Alabama

7) Colorado State Penitentiary

8) Arizona State Prison - Florence (w/ details about gas chamber)

Maybe when I have some more time I can get into Georgia and Texas. On a political note, I can only hope that these barbaric institutions of state-sponsered killing will some day in the future be abolished, and will become just another black spot on our notorious American history. Here is an interesting list of the company we keep -- as far as other countries that still have the death penalty (like Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Congo, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Laos, Vietnam, Rwanda), and those that have abolished it (Sweden, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Russia, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, etc.): http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777460.html

-jd

updated <9/1/05 17:32 GMT+2> to also include...
9) Polunski Unit (Death row Texas)
10) Florida State Prison (Death row)
11) Mississippi State Pen (Death row)
12) OK State Prison ** rodeo **