Facilities · Prison
Washington State Penitentiary
Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington · capacity 2,439
Also reported as State Penitentiary at Walla Walla; State Penitentiary in Walla Walla.
97 deaths are recorded here, from 1934 to 2025; all by name. 78 were executions.
- staff force 7
- illness 5
- other person 3
- undetermined 2
- neglect 1
- overdose 1
The people
- Kenneth Moore August 27, 2025Died in prison
- Alex Kuhnhausen April 24, 2024Died in prison
- Dayva Cross March 13, 2022Died in prison
- Michael Cornethan November 21, 2020Died in prison
- Keenan Thomas October 2019Died in prison
- Timothy Eric Caffrey June 10, 2019Died in prison
- Anthony C. Dias February 27, 2017Died in prison
- Christopher Monfort January 18, 2017Died in prison
- Allen Richard Smith August 24, 2016Died in prison
- Cal Coburn Brown September 10, 2010
- Mitchell Rupe February 7, 2006Died in prison
- James H. Elledge August 28, 2001
- Jeremy Sagastegui October 13, 1998
- Charles R. Campbell May 27, 1994
- Westley Allen Dodd January 5, 1993
- Joseph Chester Self June 20, 1963
- John Richard Broderson June 25, 1960
- Harvey John Collins December 3, 1957
- Artell, Jr. Farley December 15, 1956
- Utah E. Wilson January 3, 1953
- Truman G. Wilson January 3, 1953
- Grant E. Rio December 10, 1951
- Wayne O'Dell June 18, 1951
- Wayne Leroy Williams November 18, 1949
- Arthur Bruce Perkins November 4, 1949
- Jake Bird July 15, 1949
- John Henry Clark January 7, 1947
- Woodrow Wilson Clark February 5, 1946
- Joseph B. Wessel January 19, 1946
- Joe Bill September 7, 1945
- Edward Heberling December 8, 1944
- Persia Williams September 8, 1944
- Roy Willard Jacobs April 6, 1943
- Chester Montgomery March 19, 1943
- John Bruce Anderson November 14, 1941
- Denzel Davis March 24, 1941
- Arley Ovoyd Lewis January 30, 1941
- Jack Marable October 4, 1940
- Edward L Bouchard September 6, 1940
- Ralph Carson December 8, 1939
- Roy Wright October 6, 1939
- Earl Talbott September 18, 1939
- Paul Buttry September 15, 1939
- Bernhard R. Leuch August 4, 1939
- Joseph R. O'Donnell November 21, 1938
- Stanley Knapp August 5, 1938
- Claude H. Ryan February 25, 1938
- Clifford Hawkins February 23, 1938
- Leo Roderick Bernard Hall September 11, 1936
- Glenn R. Stringer May 29, 1936
- Barney Fleming April 3, 1936
- Hong Yick July 19, 1935
- Byron Miller October 3, 1934
- Ted Bradley May 11, 1934
- Wallace Turcott February 12, 1934Died in prison
- Paul Krouse February 12, 1934Died in prison
- H. R. Clark February 12, 1934Died in prison
- Gerald Hill February 12, 1934Died in prison
- James R. DeLong February 12, 1934Died in prison
- Ernest De Boer February 12, 1934Died in prison
- Herscholl Robert Parks February 12, 1934Died in prison
- Ollie Lee Stratton July 28, 1933
- Walter Dubuc April 15, 1932
- Harold Carpenter April 15, 1932
- George Miller December 18, 1931
- Archie Frank Much September 12, 1930
- Arthur Schaffer August 29, 1930
- R. L. (Lee) Wilkins August 15, 1930
- Preston R. Clark July 11, 1930
- Luther Baker March 29, 1929
- Wallace C Gaines August 31, 1928
- Emmett Bailey August 10, 1928
- Manuel Lopez February 15, 1928
- Alfred A. Winters May 27, 1927
- L.E. Mosley February 19, 1926
- Thomas Walton December 12, 1924
- Ralph Waller June 27, 1924
- George E Whitfield June 13, 1924
- James E. Mahoney December 1, 1922
- John Smith April 1, 1921
- Frederick Wm. Johns April 21, 1911
- Frank Barker June 20, 1910
- Richard Quinn May 13, 1910
- Hezekiah W. Barnes November 12, 1909
- Joseph M. Gauviette August 27, 1909
- Joe Niculas April 16, 1909
- Fred Miller March 22, 1907
- A.A. Armstrong June 8, 1906
- Simon Brooks May 13, 1906
- William White March 2, 1906
- Angus J. McPhail December 8, 1905
- Frank Pasqualie September 15, 1905
- H. Arao June 3, 1905
- Charles Clarke September 2, 1904
- James Champoux May 6, 1904
- Edwin Alonso Ware Date not reportedDied in prison
- Michael Boswell Date not reportedDied in prison
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.