San Quentin State Prison

USA / California / Corte Madera / Main Street
San Quentin, CA 94964
(415) 454-1460
www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/SQ.html

Home of the gas chamber; with gas no longer used, the prisoner is strapped to a table, and the lethal injection administered.

San Quentin is CA's oldest prison, opening in 1852. It has the only death row for male prisoners.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7181055.stm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_quentin
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Coordinates:   37°56'23"N   122°29'34"W

Comments

  • Johnny Cash recorded here one of his greatest LP albums.
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