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San Quentin

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San Quentin (săn kwĕn`tən), peninsula extending into San Francisco Bay, W Calif., N of San Francisco. The state prison there was begun in 1852. San Quentin is the western terminus of the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge.
San Quentin
famous western California prison (established in 1852); the subject of many songs. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2419]
See : Imprisonment
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He is a convicted murderer and bank robber, one of 600 men awaiting execution in San Quentin State Prison in California.
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Famous landmarks, including San Quentin State Prison and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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Byline: JONATHAN TREW NEARLY 30 years after Johnny Cash recorded his iconic live album at San Quentin State Prison, Irish comic Andrew Maxwell has done something similar at Dublin's Mountjoy jail.
Andrew's jailhouse laughs made him howl at the moon; ANDREW MAXWELL ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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