Tennessee execution survivor says she is isolated, in constant pain

Oct 30 (Reuters) Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, in her first statement after she survived a botched execution a month ago, said she was in constant physical and mental pain and largely isolated from other people in a prison hospital ward. Pike is being held in the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, ​the Tennessee prison where she has been housed for over 30 years after her conviction for a ‌1995 murder. In a statement released on Friday by her lawyers, to whom she dictated it, she said she continued to think about her victim s family and the terrible pain and loss they have endured. She said her isolation was causing mental pain by reminding her of the 28 years she spent in solitary confinement. There hasn t been a moment since that night when I haven t been in pain. My body hurts. My arms hurt. ‌My ​hands hurt. My throat hurts. I still struggle to speak. And the pain ⁠isn t just physical. There is pain in ⁠my mind and in my soul, Pike said. Pike, 50, was taken fro