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Folsom California State Prison is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of the state capital of Sacramento. It is one of 34 adult institutions operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation .
Folsom State Prison is California’s second-oldest prison, and one of the nation’s first maximum-security prisons built in the decades following the California Gold Rush. Reports & Statistics. Institution Statistics (SB601), Operational Performance Measures (COMPSTAT) and Inmate Population Reports. About the Warden.
Here are 17 fascinating facts, legends, and tales you never knew about Folsom Prison. Folsom Prison is One of California's First Prisons. San Quentin may have the distinction of being California's first prison, but Folsom Prison was the second institution built to house inmates in the Golden State.
Folsom Prison is the dread of evil-doers in the State, and yet prisoners are treated with the utmost kindness. Some of the most desperate criminals have been given into his charge, (but) seldom were the rules (broken).
Johnny Cash's 'At Folsom Prison' is undoubtedly the most significant prison album ever recorded. Here's how the guy who shot a man in Reno found his way to Folsom.
It has been 50 years since Cash recorded his legendary live album. At Folsom Prison boosted his then-flagging career and highlighted his efforts to reform the nation's penal system.
On January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash walked into California's Folsom State Prison and made popular music history. The choicest cuts from the two shows he recorded that day merged to become At Folsom Prison, a multimillion-selling album produced by Bob Johnston that unveiled a startling portrait of American prison life and energized Cash's career.
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison is the first live album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records on May 6, 1968. After his 1955 song "Folsom Prison Blues", Cash had been interested in recording a performance at a prison.
An oral history of Johnny Cash's concerts at Folsom Prison, which spawned a milestone album for the Man in Black.
FOLSOM PRISON MUSEUM. The Retired Correctional Peace Officers (RCPO) Museum at Folsom State Prison (founded in 1975) chronicles the prison's bloody history. In 2011, the museum was annexed by the Old Guard Foundation (OGF).