In Stephen King’s novel The Green Mile, where is John Coffey held before his execution?

In Stephen King’s novel The Green Mile, John Coffey is held at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.

The prison’s death row is called the Green Mile because of the green linoleum floor leading from the cells to the electric chair. Paul Edgecombe serves there as a corrections officer and becomes responsible for supervising Coffey, who is convicted of murdering two young girls.

Cold Mountain is fictional, but the prison setting gives the novel its contained structure. Much of the story is narrated through Paul’s memories as an elderly man, allowing the execution-block events to be presented as a morally troubling historical experience rather than a simple supernatural thriller.

The Green Mile was originally released in six serialized paperback installments in 1996. It was later published as a single volume. The 1999 film adaptation, directed by Frank Darabont, kept Cold Mountain Penitentiary as the central location.