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This page is a list of notable inmates currently serving time at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (formerly San Quentin State Prison). As of July 2023, there are nearly 4000 convicts located at the institution. [1]
The San Quentin Six were six inmates at San Quentin State Prison in the U.S. state of California who were charged with actions related to an August 21, 1971, escape attempt that resulted in six deaths and at least two people seriously wounded.
All executions in California (male and female) take place at San Quentin. [15] The execution chamber is located in a one-story addition close to the East Block. [19] Women executed in California are transported to San Quentin by bus before being executed. [23] The methods for execution at San Quentin have changed over time. Prior to 1893, the ...
His last words were, “No, warden, I want to proceed. Thank you, warden.”
In this file photo a condemned inmate is led out of his east block cell on death row at San Quentin State Prison, in San Quentin, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to dismantle the ...
Newsom in 2019 instituted a moratorium on executions, and the state has begun moving San Quentin’s remaining 700 death row inmates to other prisons. San Quentin is home to more than 3,600 ...
Pages in category "Inmates of San Quentin State Prison" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first 2 executions were by gas inhalation; all subsequent executions were by lethal injection, [2] following a 1996 federal court (9th Circuit) ruling that the use of the gas chamber in California was unconstitutional. [3] A further 2 people sentenced to death in California (Kelvin Malone and Alfredo Prieto) were executed in Missouri and ...