Title: Behind San Quentin's walls
Description: It's one of the most famous prisons in American history, featured in countless movies and novels. Its inmates have included such diverse characters as Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, Eldridge Cleaver, Merle Haggard, and Neal Cassidy. It's the one of the oldest continually operating institutions of California state government. San Quentin State Prison is as iconic a symbol of California as the Golden Gate Bridge or the Hollywood sign, yet few people today know the prison's origins or colorful early history. --Publisher's description.
Subjects: Prisoners, History, California State Prison at San Quentin, Prisons, Prisoners, united states, Prisons, united states
Places: San Quentin, California
Time periods: 19th century