Prison in Folsom, California, United States
Folsom California State Prison East Gate, Folsom State Prison, at the end of Prison Road
Location Folsom, California , U.S.Coordinates 38°41′42″N 121°09′45″W / 38.69500°N 121.16250°W / 38.69500; -121.16250 Status Operational Security class High Security Capacity 2,065 Population 2,513 (121.7% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[ 1] ) Opened July 26, 1880; 144 years ago (1880-07-26 ) Managed by Dr. Ms. Tracy Johnson, Prison Director, Folsom California State Prison.
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.