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San Quentin State Prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (593 words)
	San Quentin State Prison is located on 432 acres (1.7 km²) on Point Quentin in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco.
	San Quentin State Prison was opened in July 1852, and is the oldest prison in California.
	San and Santa are the Spanish words for Saint, San being the male form, and Santa the female.

San Quentin (633 words)
	San Quentin Prison is the oldest prison in California.
	Located north of San Francisco, in the heart of one of the state's most affluent areas, San Quentin Prison is California's only death row with a Gas Chamber.
	The chamber at San Quentin is kept in the basement and is simply a large green box.

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