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The September 1937 Folsom escape was an attempt by seven inmates to escape Folsom State Prison, a prison in the United States. During this attempt, Warden Clarence Larkin, Officer Harry Martin, and two of the escapees died. The remaining five were eventually executed.
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 .
Item courtesy of Freedom Archives- "1970 Folsom Prison Strike Manifesto" The 1970 Folsom Prison strike was a significant event for U.S. prison reform and protest. During the strike, over 2,400 incarcerated individuals at Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California, initiated a work stoppage and hunger strike. The strike began on November 3, 1970 ...
James Aloysius Johnston (September 15, 1874 – September 7, 1954) was an American politician and prison warden who served as the first and longest-serving warden of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, serving from 1934 to 1948. He had earlier served as wardens of California state prisons at Folsom (1912-1913) and San Quentin (1914-1924).
Blood-like stains and cockroaches litter the floor of this Folsom prison. See what other “inadequacies” plague California State Prison, Sacramento.
In 1986, the prison was administered by the Folsom warden and was called New Folsom. In October 1992, its name was changed to CSP-Sacramento, and was administered as a separate prison with its own warden." [2] Erik Menendez was sent to SAC with a sentence of "life in prison without parole" in September 1996. [13] He was married there in June ...
David Munoz makes a call from his cell at Folsom State Prison in California, the second state to mandate free phone calls for people serving time in state prisons. It costs extra to make calls ...
The inmate from Fresno County was reported missing around 2:30 p.m.