In states still using the electric chair to execute people, the prisoner is allowed the choice of lethal operation as an alternative method.
Hostages are historically defined as prisoners held as security for the fulfillment of an agreement, or as a deterrent against an act of war
 Although at the time of the ban's enactment there was limited knowledge about the relationship between education and recidivism, there is growing merit to idea that education in prison is a preventative to re-incarceration

