On June 30, 2011, there were 399 inmates on Florida's death row.
Florida administers execution by electric chair or lethal injection. Lethal injection became an option for death row inmates in FY 1999-00.
The first inmate to die by lethal injection was Terry Sims on February 23, 2000.
While tobacco was banned inside Florida prisons on January 1, 2000, death row inmates were exempted from this rule since they have no access to designated smoking areas.
A death row cell is 6 X 9 X 9.5 feet high.
No inmates were executed in FY 2010-2011.
Death Row Population on June 30 Compared Over Five Years