San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison is located on 432 acres 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 Quentin housed both male and female inmates until 1933 when the women's prison at Tehachapi was built. The state's only
gas chamber and the male
death row is located at San Quentin.
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