Irick Moved to Death Watch

NASHVILLE - In accordance with protocol, inmate Billy Ray Irick #113945 was moved to death watch last night at 11:30 p.m.  Death watcch is the three-day period before an execution when strict guidelines are implemented to maintain the security and control of the offender and to maintain safe and orderly operations of the prison.   During this period, the offender is placed in a cell adjacent to the execution chamger where he or she is under 24-hour observation by a team of correctional officers.

Only those individuals who are on the offender's official visitation list are allowed to visit the offender during the death watch period.  All visits are non-contact until the final day before the execution at which time the warden decides if the offender can have a contact visit.

Additional information regarding death watch may be found here:  https://www.tn.gov/correction/statistics-and-information/executions/death-watch.html