AS DARREL K. HARRIS enters his fourth year on death row, the regulations he lives by have been relaxed after years of inquiry by attorneys and the threat of a lawsuit over New York’s treatment of condemned inmates.
Some changes to death row’s rules have required physical and technological renovations to the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, home to the Unit for Condemned Persons. All told, the construction of death row and recent renovations have cost nearly $1.3 million over seven years, said James Flateau, a spokesman for the state Department of Correctional Services. A large part of the bill – more than a half million dollars – went to remodeling the 12 cells and installing a video surveillance system. (For a breakdown of costs, see page chart below).
