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Santos Reyes is a prisoner at Folsom Prison in the state of California who became a focal point of an effort to overturn the state's three strikes law. [1] [2] [3] The case has attracted widespread media attention, including coverage in the Los Angeles Times, [4] the San Francisco Chronicle, [5] Reuters, [6] the Pasadena Weekly, [7] and elsewhere.
It is one of 34 adult institutions operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. [ 2 ] Opened in 1880, Folsom is the state's second-oldest prison, after San Quentin, and the first in the United States to have electricity. [ 3 ] Folsom was also one of the first maximum security prisons.
The September 1937 Folsom escape was an attempt by seven inmates to escape Folsom State Prison, a famous 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.
November 23, 2022 at 9:00 AM. One of two state prisons in Folsom is still getting failing grades for the health care it provides to inmates, leaving it among the institutions that remains subject ...
Lyle was taken to Mule Creek State Prison while Erik moved around from Folsom State Prison to Pleasant Valley State Prison. They reunited in 2018 when they were moved into the same housing unit at ...
August 26, 2024 at 12:25 PM. FOLSOM, Calif. - The man convicted of murdering a PC World editor in the Bay Area was recently killed in a prison fight. The California Department of Corrections and ...
Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver. Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing and remains a seminal work in African-American literature. [1][2] The treatises were first printed in the nationally-circulated monthly Ramparts and ...
In 1998, Erik proposed to Tammi and they got married at Folsom State Prison. Tammi has spoken frequently about her marriage to Erik, saying she believes he is a “very good person” in 2005 ...