Many times, when a man is executed, the family comes to the prison a week ahead of time. There are no services provided for these families. On the day of the execution they are allowed, after a thorough body search, to have a contact visit with the inmate to be executed. Then 5 hours before the execution they are required to leave the premises. Susan provides a quiet place for these people to be during the actual execution, many times a Catholic Church. She asks: "what do they need?" - which is mostly to be together. Susan is able to provide that presence and support.