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Routier......continued from Page 1cell while undergoing a series of social, medial and psychological evaluations, Fitzgferald said. She will then join the other six women currently on death row.News media began arriving early Wednesday moming in anticipation of Routier’s appearance. Television reporters from area stations as well as Dallas presented live reports during the 6 o’clock news hour as correctional officers escorted Routier onto the unit.During the day, Mountain View staff conducted several tours of the facility and provided lunch to thenews crews.Senior Warden Pamela Baggett was interviewed numerous times during the course of the day.About 5:30 p.m., Kerr County deputies arrived at the Mountain View Unit with Routier, but had to be rerouted to the Gatesville Unit Reception Center.At the reception center, Routier was photographed, fingerprinted and assigned her prison number.During her stay at Mountain View, she will be assigned to a 6-by-9-foot cell in the red brick bungalow separated from the rest of the unit by a 12-foot-high chain link fence topped with a roll of razor wire.The cell includes a bunk, small bookshelf, sink, commode, a two-drawer chest and a chair.Death row inmates are allowed to work within the confines of thefence. They tend a vegetable gar den, make “parole” dolls that art sold to employees, and keep theii area clean.There is also a single televisior set in the day room where the women also eat their meals.Those who choose not to work are kept segregated in their cells, except for three hours a day.99922002/05/97 17:46:265/97 17:47:13ID Number: 999220 Date: 02/05/97 Name: DARLIE L. ROUTIER
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