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20-528: Kilby serves as receiving and processing center for all male Alabama state inmates. The current Kilby Correctional Facility warden is Phyllis J. Billups. The Montgomery Women's Facility , an ADOC facility for women, is located behind Kilby. In 1922 and 1923, the State of Alabama constructed and opened Kilby Prison, located on 2,550 acres (10.3 km) four miles (6 km) north of the State Capitol. It

40-404: A correctional industry printing and graphic arts plant. 32°23′16″N 86°06′03″W  /  32.38778°N 86.10083°W  / 32.38778; -86.10083 Prison warden The warden ( US , Canada ) or governor ( UK , Australia ), also known as a superintendent (US, South Asia ) or director (UK, New Zealand), is the official who is in charge of a prison . In

60-642: A prison is known as a prison governor . The exception is a number of private or contracted-out prisons which are managed by a director instead. The director is assisted by a controller , appointed by the Ministry of Justice . Entry and training varies between these services. Prospective governors would need to pass medical, eyesight and fitness tests, and should be a UK citizen or EU national and be prepared to relocate if necessary. The companies that run private prison establishments each have their own entry requirements and recruitment methods. Entry to governor jobs

80-447: A second, similar electrode on the lower left leg. Norman was to execute the first victim, Horace DeVaughn, convicted of two murders, on April 8, 1927, but refused and quit his job days before. DeVaughn was executed, but it took four shots of electricity to kill him. On February 9, 1934, five men were executed in a span of thirty minutes: Bennie Foster, John Thompson, Harie White, Ernest Waller, and Solmon Roper. All were black. According to

100-561: Is again through promotion from prison officer ranks or through direct entry. Direct entry applicants usually need a degree and substantial management experience. The associate warden is the name of an acting warden in the US that would run the prison during the absence of the actual warden. Substance dependence Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

120-603: Is competitive, by whichever route. In England and Wales graduate vacancies are advertised each year (usually October) in the national press. Opportunities for direct entry in Scotland are advertised in both the Scottish and national press. In England and Wales there are two main routes into becoming a prison governor. The first is for existing staff to move up through the ranks (from being a prison officer, for example, or to move across from other management roles). The second route

140-531: Is managed by a superintendent . The precise title varies by prison and state. A superintendent is typically assisted by a deputy superintendent and one or more assistants. There are currently 139 operational prisons in England and Wales, 16 in Scotland and three in Northern Ireland. There are three separate prison services covering England and Wales , Scotland , and Northern Ireland . The manager of

160-538: Is through the Prison Service Intensive Development Scheme (IDS). This route is only open to those holding degrees, with a preference for candidates with relevant experience in the armed forces or police. The upper age limit for prison governor entry is 57. With this scheme it is possible to reach senior management in less than five years rather than the usual average twenty years. In Scotland , there are two ways to enter. This

180-473: The U.K. and Australia , the position is known as a governor . In New Zealand and private prisons in the U.K., the position is known as a director . In India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , and Sri Lanka , the English-language title is a jail superintendent or just superintendent . The exact title varies depending on the type of prison. The prison warden supervises all the operations within

200-471: The United States , Mexico , and Canada , warden is the most common title for an official in charge of a prison or jail. In some U.S. states including New York , Pennsylvania , New Jersey , Massachusetts , Connecticut , Rhode Island , California , and Hawaii , the post may also be known as a superintendent . Some small county jails may be managed by the local sheriff or undersheriff . In

220-675: The Alabama Bench and Bar Historical Association, the majority of those executed in Alabama were black, and many lacked proper legal representation; others were mentally incompetent. The last man to be executed at Kilby was William Bowen, on January 15, 1965; executions then stopped while the U.S. Supreme Court debated the constitutionality of capital punishment, eventually overturning the death penalty nationwide in 1972, resulting in every inmate condemned to death having their sentence commuted to life. Deterioration after forty-five years led to

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240-661: The Alabama state prison system with facilities for dental care , mental health care , general and specialty medical care . Inmate health and life skills programs are offered, including Narcotics Anonymous , Alcoholics Anonymous , Volunteers in Corrections, sex offender therapy, anger management therapy, alcohol and drug abuse counseling , individual and group mental health therapy, General Equivalency Diploma (GED) classes, Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes, and chaplaincy services. Additionally, Kilby grows its own fresh produce in correctional facility gardens, and runs

260-449: The head of security, who will be an assistant or subordinate of the warden. A warden's regular work may involve supervising security, making inspections, carrying out disciplinary procedures, writing reports, managing admissions and liaising with other professional staff who visit the prison, such as medical staff, probation officers , and social workers. Wardens are sometimes members of a parole board . They may also train staff to work in

280-511: The prison closing in 1970. The prisoners were moved to the new Holman Correctional Facility . The new Kilby was established as the Mt. Meigs Medical and Diagnostic Center in December 1969 and had an original capacity of 440 inmates. Kilby was designed with an on-site hospital, dormitories, and one hundred two-man cells in order to facilitate its role as receiving center for all male prisoners held by

300-500: The prison service. These duties, and the efficiency in which they are performed, has varied over time and within different prisons. The nature of the work depends on the size and type of prison. The amount of security a prison needs varies from open prisons to supermax or high-security prisons . Prison wardens should: Prisons in India , Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are run by the provincial prison service. Each jail or prison

320-413: The prison. Prisons vary in size, with some housing thousands of inmates. They are responsible for the prison's security, the performance of staff of the prison (including prison officers , prison doctors , janitors , cooks and others), the management of its funds, the maintenance of its facilities and the welfare of its inmates. In practice, the day-to-day management of security is typically delegated to

340-399: The state never to return. State engineer Harry C. Norman installed the electrical wiring; "once the switch was thrown, a prisoner would get a first fist-clenching jolt of power; the current would then reduce and automatically build back up to 2,250 volts for a second shot of electricity". A crown made of metal wire was fitted over the prisoner's head, with a wet sponge to conduct power, and

360-718: The state of Alabama. On 1 September 2016, a corrections officer was stabbed in the head by an inmate. He died three weeks later. Kilby is a maximum-security prison because it serves as receiving and processing center for male Alabama state inmates. It covers 154 acres, is monitored by five watchtowers , and is bordered by an 18-foot (5.5 m)-high chain link double fence topped with razor wire . Montgomery security and support personnel receive employee training on-site at Kilby. Alabama state dog tracking teams are also maintained at Kilby. The dogs are used by local law enforcement for tracking prison escapees , criminal suspects and missing persons . Kilby Correctional Facility serves

380-570: Was convicted of having broken into six homes in Mobile to pay off gambling debts. After being promised a furlough or perhaps even parole by Kilby's warden, T. J. Shirley, he built the chair (4-foot (1.2 m) tall, straight-backed, weighing 150 pounds (68 kg)) from maple, and named it "Plain Bill" for Alabama governor William W. Brandon , who he hoped would pardon him. Mason was granted a furlough by Bibb Graves , Brandon's successor, and promptly left

400-537: Was named in honor of Thomas Erby Kilby , governor of Alabama (1919–23). Kilby prison was the site where Alabama executed prisoners who had been sentenced to death, and when in the 1920s the method was changed from hanging to electrocution, an electric chair, "(Big) Yellow Mama", was constructed in Kilby. The chair was built by a master carpenter, Ed Mason, a man born in London, England, who had been convicted of burglary; he

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