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Folsom State Prison, sometimes known as Folsom State Prison, Represa, is one of 33 prisons operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Folsom Prison is located in Folsom, California (with a postal address in Represa) in Sacramento County, 20 miles (30 km) from the state capital of Sacramento, California, USA. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2160 × 1440 pixel, file size: 474 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Folsom State Prison, Folsom, California. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2160 × 1440 pixel, file size: 474 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Folsom State Prison, Folsom, California. ... The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is responsible for the operation of the California state prison and parole systems. ... Historic Sutter Street‎ Folsom is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. ... Sacramento County is a county of the U.S. state of California. ... Location of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California County Sacramento Government  - Mayor Heather Fargo Area  - City  99. ...

As of the United States 2000 Census, Folsom Prison and the California State Prison - Sacramento (the two prisons with addresses in Represa) had a combined inmate population of 7,246 housed at level 1 and 2 security, the two lowest levels of security for prisons operated by the CDC. Level 1 prisoners are housed in open dormitories without a secure perimeter, and Level 2 prisoners may be housed in open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed guard coverage. However, there are no dormitories within the Folsom Prison secure perimeter, and prisoners are housed in two-man cells. In 2004, the majority of level 2 prisoners were moved to other prisons and level 3 prisoners took their place. Folsom Prison's population in early 2005 was approximately 3,400. The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... October 10, 1986 an expansion to Folsom State Prison (FSP) was completed on the FSP grounds in Represa, California. ...

There are five housing units within the secure perimeter, including the original two-tiered structure. Unit 1 is the most populous cellblock in the United States, with a capacity of nearly 1,200 inmates on four five-tiered sections.

All cells include toilet, sink, bunks and storage space for inmate possessions. There are two dining halls, a large central prison exercise yard, and two smaller exercise yards. The visiting room includes an attached patio as well as space for non-contact visits.

Folsom Prison is California's second-oldest prison, long known for its harsh conditions in the decades following the California Gold Rush. Construction of the facility began in 1878 on the site of the Stony Bar mining camp along the American River. The prison officially opened in 1880. Inmates spent most of their time in the dark behind solid boiler plate doors in stone cells measuring 4 feet by 8 feet (1.2 by 2.4 m) with 6 inch (150 mm) eye slots. Air holes were drilled into the cell doors in the 1940s, and the cell doors are still in use today. The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutters Mill. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The American River, located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in American history for being the site of Sutters Mill, where gold was found in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Folsom was the first prison in the world to have electric power, which was provided by the first hydroelectric powerhouse in California. The quarry at Folsom Prison provided granite for the foundation of the state capitol and much of the gravel used in the early construction of California's roads.

Although Folsom Prison now houses primarily medium security prisoners, Folsom was one of America's first maximum-security prisons; a total of 93 prisoners were hanged at Folsom Prison between December 13, 1895, and December 3, 1937. After that time executions were carried out in the gas chamber at California's San Quentin Prison. Supermax is the name used to describe control-unit prisons, or units within prisons, which represent the most secure levels of custody in prison systems. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. ... Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | US geography stubs | Prisons in California ...

California's vehicle license plates have been manufactured at Folsom Prison since the 1930s. Other prison industries include metal fabrication and a print shop. // Introduction A license plate, number plate or registration plate (often referred to simply as a plate, or colloquially tag) is a small metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle for official identification purposes. ...

A museum is located on the prison grounds, which is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There was also a shop with inmate-made handicrafts for sale to the public, but it closed in 2005.

Music and film

Folsom Prison was made known to the outside world by country rock music singer Johnny Cash, who narrated a fictional account of an outlaw's incarceration in his song "Folsom Prison Blues" (1956), and who performed a live concert at Folsom Prison in 1968, simultaneously recording the album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. Contrary to popular belief, Cash was never himself incarcerated in this or any state or federal prison, although he did spend an occasional night in county jails, including on one occasion for possession of illegal drugs and on another in Starkville Mississippi for picking wild flowers. It has been suggested that Johnny Cash family be merged into this article or section. ... Folsom Prison Blues is an American country music song written by Johnny Cash in the early 1950s and originally recorded with his trio in 1956 for the Sun Records label. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Folsom Prison is also referred to in the song Walla Walla on their 1998 album Americana by American punk rock band The Offspring, "Folsom prison is the destination". Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Singles from Americana Released: 1998 Released: 1999 Released: 1999 Released: 1999 Americana is the fifth album by The Offspring, released on November 17, 1998 (see 1998 in music), and has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Offspring (sometimes referred to as simply Offspring) is a popular American band from Orange County, California which formed in 1984. ...

Folsom Prison has been the location of a number of feature films, including Riot in Cell Block 11, Heat, American Me, The Jericho Mile, Another 48 Hours, Diggstown, parts of Walk the Line (a biopic of Johnny Cash), and Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison, which was the inspiration for Cash's song. The television drama 21 Jump Street also featured Folsom Prison when Johnny Depp's character Tom Hanson was imprisoned for murder. And a few shots for the movie Pros and Cons. The prison was central to the documentary film, "Code of Silence" by Amy Happ [1]. Riot in Cell Block 11 is a 1954 movie filmed on location in San Quentin State Prison and starring Neville Brand and Leo Gordon. ... For other uses, see Heat (disambiguation) In physics, heat, symbolized by Q, is energy transferred from one body or system to another as a result of a difference in temperature. ... American Me is a 1992 film directed by Edward James Olmos (his first film as director) and written by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano. ... Another 48 Hours is a 1990 film, the sequel to 48 Hours. ... Diggstown is a movie directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr. ... Walk the Line is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning film chronicling the life of Johnny Cash, American country singer. ... A biographical film or biopic is a film about a particular person or group of people, based on events that actually happened. ... It has been suggested that Johnny Cash family be merged into this article or section. ... Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison is a movie released in 1951. ... 21 Jump Street was an hour long police drama television series, developed by Fox Television Network. ... Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II[2] on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an Academy Award-nominated and SAG Awards-winning American actor and for his performances in the films Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Whats Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ed Wood (1994...

Incidents

A warden of Folsom Prison, Clarence Larkin, was stabbed during an escape attempt in 1937 and he died from his wounds, becoming the only California warden to be killed in the line of duty. Violence at the prison peaked during the 1970s and 1980s when the Aryan Brotherhood and other prison gangs made prisons increasingly dangerous. The establishment of Secure Housing Units, first at the California State Prison, Sacramento, and later at Pelican Bay State Prison and California State Prison, Corcoran, did much to control gang-related violence. Look up warden in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Aryan Brotherhood, (also known as the AB or The Brand) is a prison gang numbering about 15,000 members in and out of prison. ... Aerial view of Pelican Bay State Prison. ...

Famous prisoners

Famous men who were incarcerated at Folsom Prison include Charles Manson, Timothy Leary, musician Rick James and Death Row Records owner Suge Knight. Also Joseph Gamsky Billionaire Boys Club aka: Joe Hunt, Cameron Hooker, William Mothershed (Book: The Mothershed Case, by Stephen J. Rivele), Bobby Purify (Original singer of: I'm Your Puppet),Danny Trejo and Edward Bunker and Dog the Bounty Hunter. Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) was the leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a commune, which most consider a cult, that began to form around him in the U.S. city of San Francisco in 1967. ... For the American baseball player use Tim Leary (baseball player) Timothy Francis Leary, (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, modern pioneer and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use, and one of the first people whose remains have been sent into space. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Death Row Records is a record label that was founded in 1992 by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre, and was once home to some of raps biggest names, including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and Tha Dogg Pound (Kurupt and Daz). ... Suge Knight, CEO of Death Row Records Marion Knight, Jr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cameron Hooker is an American criminal, convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Colleen Stan in Red Bluff, California in 1977. ... Danny Trejo (born May 16, 1944) is an Mexican-American actor who has appeared in many Hollywood movies. ... For the founder of Bunkerville, Nevada, see Edward Bunker (Mormon pioneer). ...

External links

• Folsom State Prison
• Apparel Influenced By Folsom Prison and Johnny Cash
• Code of Silence ("Code of Silence" documentary film)