From that point on, the condemned inmate will not leave the chamber alive.
The number of prisoners reached 1500 but by May 1919 the last inmates left and the camp closed.
A .22-caliber derringer was found after the inmates left the room, the Chief said.
When inmates leave, he said, "they have a totally different attitude toward getting up and going to work."
Generally, inmates can leave a house only for work or under furloughs with family and friends.
Even after inmates leave the prison they continue to be persecuted.
Under that program, inmates are permitted to live at home and may not leave except to go to work.
The inmate left behind his clothes and shoes, possibly to foil tracking dogs.
The hope is that inmates will leave jail with healthier habits than when they arrived.
Although in some cases, inmates with up to 36 months of their sentences left are released.