United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
- United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
The United States Penitentiary Terre Haute is a maximum security prison for adult males located on Highway 63, two miles south of the city of Terre Haute, Indiana. USP Terre Haute is part of the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex. Established in 1940, the prison houses approximately 1500 inmates. USP Terre Haute is best known for containing the only death row in the United States federal prison system. The most publicized execution occurred in 2001 when Timothy McVeigh was put to death for carrying out the Oklahoma City Bombing. The prisoners who sit on death row in Indiana include David Hammer and Jeff Paul all who were transferred to the new death row when it was completed in 1999.
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