Most gallows were built from wood, but there was an exception in the town of Holíč, western Slovakia. Recently, the first known archaeological survey of a brick gallows in Slovakia took place in Holíč ...

Death row was in a low, brick building with imposing oak doors just outside the main block of Pretoria Central Prison. The gallows were abandoned after the death penalty was abolished in 1995.

Death row was in a low, brick building with imposing oak doors just outside the main block of Pretoria Central Prison. The gallows were abandoned after the death penalty was abolished in 1995.