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Location | San Quentin, California, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 37°56′20″N 122°29′20″W / 37.939°N 122.489°W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Minimum–maximum |
Capacity | 3,084 |
Population | 3,542 (114.9%) (as of January 31, 2023[1]) |
Opened | July 1852 |
Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Warden | Chance Andes |
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ), formerly known as San Quentin State Prison,[2] is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated[3] place of San Quentin in Marin County.
Established in 1852, and opening in 1854,[4] San Quentin is the oldest prison in California. The state's only death row for male inmates, the largest in the United States, was located at the prison.[5][6][7] Its gas chamber has not been used since 1993, and its lethal injection chamber was last used in 2006.[8] The prison has been featured on film, radio drama, video, podcast, and television; is the subject of many books; has hosted concerts; and has housed many notorious inmates.
San Quentin State Prison
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