Inside San Quentin

NR19761h 29mDocumentary

Inside San Quentin (1976) is a documentary film directed by David Lent, Richard Harkness.

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.

Released: 1976-10-12

Duration: 1h 29m

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America

Director: David Lent, Richard Harkness

Writer: David Lent, Richard Harkness

Cast: Popeye Jackson, Gregory Ulas Powell, Raymond Procunier, Robert Ayers, Hector Frank Heredia, Wayne Smith

Production: CMCM TV