Capital punishment in Indiana

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Indiana. The last person executed by the state of Indiana was Benjamin Ritchie, who was convicted of the murder of a police officer, on May 20, 2025.

The execution chamber, and men's death row are in Indiana State Prison. Indiana Women's Prison has housed women with death sentences.

Federal executions take place at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana; these executions, however, are entirely separate and not under the control of the State of Indiana, but rather administered by the federal government based on federal convictions.

Previously Indiana law required female death row inmates (not about to be executed) to be held at Indiana State Prison even though it was a male facility.

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