| LC control no. | n 81013173 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | California State Prison at San Quentin |
| Variant(s) | California. State Prison, San Quentin San Quentin State Prison San Quentin Prison |
| Biography/History note | The California State Prison at San Quentin is a penitentiary in Marin County, California. |
| Beginning date | 1852-07 |
| Located | Marin County (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Administration Incarcerating Executing |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Marin County Hist. Soc. (San Rafael, Calif.) for Duffy, C.T. Papers, ca. 1940-1951 (Papers of Clinton Duffy, warden of San Quentin Prison from 1940-1951) California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation website, via WWW, July 14, 2014 (San Quentin State Prison; est. July 1852 at Point San Quentin; built by inmates; housed male and female inmates until 1933, women then transferred to women's prison at Tehachapi; located in Marin County, Calif.; four cell blocks, one maximum security cell block, Central Health Care Service Building, a medium security dorm setting, and a minimum security firehouse; state's only gas chamber and death row for all male condemned inmates are located at San Quentin) |
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