Yes you can.
And FWIW, that's why the death penalty is needed.
Give them the chance to make their peace with God before exectuing them, and then remove them from society so more innocent people do not have to have their lives destroyed by the likes of them.
Some people look at the death penalty as people wanting revenge, when in reality, it's sometimes the only thing that will protect society from the irredeemable.
“Yes you can.”
Perhaps it is possible. But not from the prospective of a prison guard. I have no idea how such a process is initiated. But my impression is the state does not want to have permanent wards. Keeping people locked up costs about as much as you would spend per year sending your kid to Harvard.
Shortly after I moved to Tallahassee, a man who was no stranger to the police called 911 and told them he was going to cut his leg off and to send an ambulance. While on the phone he cranked up a chainsaw and cut his leg off. The family had wanted him Baker acted and had tried without success for years. When the media asked the Sheriff’s spokesman about it, as I recall, he said something like, “If we take them in there’s always an argument over who is going to pay for it. The Sheriff’s office doesn’t have it in the budget and nobody else does either, so we don’t do it.”