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Folsom Prison Museum

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Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum
Phone:
+1 916-985-2561

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday10am - 4pm
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday10am - 4pm


Folsom State Prison is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, U.S., approximately 20 mi northeast of the state capital of Sacramento. It is one of 35 adult institutions operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Opened in 1880, Folsom is the state's second-oldest prison, after San Quentin, and the first in the United States to have electricity. Folsom was also one of the first maximum security prisons, and has been the execution location of 92 condemned prisoners.Folsom is probably best known in popular culture for concerts performed at the facility by musician Johnny Cash, particularly in 1968, when the two shows of January 13 were made into a live album. He had written and recorded the song Folsom Prison Blues over a decade earlier.
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