
Inside San Quentin
Documentary
Overview
San Quentin State Prison (SQ) is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated town of San Quentin in Marin County. San Quentin opened in July 1852, it is the oldest prison in California. The state's only death row for male inmates, the largest in the United States, is located at the prison. It has a gas chamber, but since 1996, executions at the prison have been carried out by lethal injection, though the prison has not performed an execution since 2006.
Top Cast
Popeye Jackson
Popeye Jackson
inmate
Popeye Jackson
inmate


Gregory Ulas Powell
Gregory Ulas Powell
inmate
Gregory Ulas Powell
inmate
Raymond Procunier
Raymond Procunier
Director Ca. DoC
Raymond Procunier
Director Ca. DoC
Robert Ayers
Robert Ayers
Warden
Robert Ayers
Warden
Hector Frank Heredia
Hector Frank Heredia
Chaplan
Hector Frank Heredia
Chaplan
Wayne Smith
Wayne Smith
inmate
Wayne Smith
inmate
Garlan Barry
Garlan Barry
inmate
Garlan Barry
inmate
Sam Robinson
Sam Robinson
Lieutenant
Sam Robinson
Lieutenant
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