San Quentin is one of the most notorious and controversial prisons in the United States. Prisoners sentenced to death make up a significant proportion of the criminals held in it. The gas chamber was located in the prison a few years ago. The death sentence was set in motion in it. Lethal injections are being given to inmates at San Quentin Prison after the latest legislation was passed. Evidence of the appalling conditions in which prisoners were held was first made public several years ago. The last inspection of the prison took place in 2005.
It was officially recognized that the conditions of detention of prisoners do not meet generally accepted standards. But this fact did not lead to any positive changes. Another problem of the San Quentin prison is that people of different races are kept in it. Serious conflicts regularly break out between them. San Quentin Prison is the oldest prison in California. It was built in 1852. It is noteworthy that the prisoners who were brought here were the very first to build the prison building.
The territory of the historic prison was strictly guarded for many years. It was almost impossible for outsiders to get on it. Photo reporter Lucy Nicholson is an employee of the Reuters news agency. She managed to get permission to visit the prison and shoot not so long ago. The conditions of the prisoners in the old prison do not meet the standards today. But despite this, many attempts have been made to improve them in recent years.
The world learned about the historic prison in 1993 for the first time. The filming of "Bound by Honor" took place on its territory at this time. Metallica chose the prison for the filming of their new music video for the song St. Anger ten years later. The musicians gave a concert for the prisoners in the same year. Access to the prison is prohibited today. Therefore, curious tourists will have the opportunity to look at it only from afar. The cape of the same name is the location of the prison. Tourists can see its territory during boat trips.
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