Inside San Quentin

Story

Synopsis

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.

Directors

David Lent, Richard Harkness

Writers

Richard Harkness, David Lent

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

12 October 1976

Ensemble

Cast

• Popeye Jackson

  inmate

• 

  Gregory Ulas Powell

  inmate

• Raymond Procunier

  Director Ca. DoC

• Robert Ayers

  Warden

• Hector Frank Heredia

  Chaplan

• Wayne Smith

  inmate

• Garlan Barry

  inmate

• Sam Robinson

  Lieutenant