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San Quentin  

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  • Located in Marin County, California, San Quentin State Prison is California's oldest and bestknown correctional institution. It is one of the “big house” prisons (a term popularized in movies), and was long considered the prison of last resort in the California state penal system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; San Quentin]

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