In "The Green Mile", what is the nickname of the death row block?

In The Green Mile, the nickname of the death-row block is The Green Mile.

The block is E Block at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, the fictional prison where Paul Edgecombe works as supervisor. Its long central corridor is covered with green linoleum, giving the death-row facility its memorable name. Condemned prisoners live in cells along this passage while awaiting execution in the electric chair at its far end.

Stephen King’s novel is told by Paul as an old man in 1996, looking back on events from 1932. The story centers on John Coffey, a physically imposing but gentle prisoner whose supernatural abilities challenge Paul’s understanding of guilt, justice, and punishment. The setting’s ordinary institutional details make the extraordinary events feel especially unsettling.

Readers sometimes confuse the nickname with “the Last Mile” or treat it as the name of the prison itself. It is specifically the name used for death row, or E Block, at Cold Mountain. The Green Mile was originally published as a six-part serial in 1996 before appearing in collected form.