2,513 (121.7% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[1])
Opened
July 26, 1880; 143 years ago (1880-07-26)
Managed by
Dr. Ms. Tracy Johnson, Prison Director, Folsom California State Prison.
Folsom State Prison
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Location in California
Folsom California State Prison is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, U.S., 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.[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. It has been the execution site of 93 condemned prisoners.[4]
Musician Johnny Cash put on two live performances at the prison on January 13, 1968. These were recorded and released as a live album titled At Folsom Prison.[5][6][7] He had written and recorded the song "Folsom Prison Blues" more than a decade earlier.
^"California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight January 31, 2023" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. January 31, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
^"List of Adult Institutions". Cdcr.ca.gov. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^"Folsom prison belt buckle". March 24, 2013. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
^Moore, April (2013). Folsom's 93: The Lives and Crimes of Folsom Prison's Executed Men: April Moore: 9781610351720. Linden Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1610351720.
^Hilburn, Robert (February 25, 1968). "Johnny Cash's songs echo inside Folsom's gray walls". Toledo Blade. p. I1.
^Campbell, Mary (December 23, 1969). "Johnny Cash clicks on album made in prison". Observer-Reporter. Washington, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. p. B8.
^Thompson, Don (September 24, 2000). "Folsom Prison: Penitentiary memorialized by Johnny Cash draws the curious". Today's News Herald. Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Associated Press. p. 3, River Extra.
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