Folsom Prison
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| Location | Folsom, California, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 38°41′38″N 121°09′43″W / 38.694°N 121.162°WCoordinates: 38°41′38″N 121°09′43″W / 38.694°N 121.162°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Minimum-medium |
| Capacity | 2,066 |
| Population | 2,351 (113.8%) (as of 30 November 2016) |
| Opened | July 26, 1880 |
| Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| Warden | Ron Rackley |
Folsom State Prison (FSP) is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, U.S., approximately 20 mi (30 km) northeast of the state capital of Sacramento. It is one of 33 prisons operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Opened 137 years ago in 1880, Folsom is the state's second-oldest prison, after San Quentin, and the first in the United States to have electricity. Folsom was also one of the first maximum security prisons, and as such witnessed the execution of 93 condemned prisoners over a 42-year period.
Folsom is probably best known in popular culture for concerts performed at the facility by musician Johnny Cash, particularly in 1968, when the two shows of January 13 were made into a live album. He had written and recorded the song "Folsom Prison Blues" over a decade earlier.
Both FSP and California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC) share the mailing address: Represa, CA 95671.Represa (translated as "dam" from the Spanish language) is the name given in 1892 to the State Prison post office because of its proximity to a dam on the American River that was under construction at the time. The dam was replaced in 1955 by the Folsom Dam.
As of March 2012, the facility's total population was 2,912, or 117.9 percent of its design capacity of 2,469.
The facility includes 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 a toilet, sink, bunks, and storage space for inmate possessions.
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