Folsom Prison
Sacramento-area correctional facility
Folsom Prison is a California state penitentiary near Sacramento, one of the oldest and most famous prisons in the United States.
It entered popular culture through Johnny Cash's 1968 live album recorded there, making Folsom Prison Blues iconic.
The name evokes hard time and American prison folklore: He's been in and out of Folsom for decades.
- Man in BlackFigure dressed entirely darkly
- live albumRecording from actual show
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- maximum securityHighest-level prison classification
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Folsom Prisonfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free world · emancipation · release · wide open spaces
Folsom Prisoncounty jail
Municipal detention facility
halfway house · Club Fed · juvenile detention · house arrest · probation
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