Prison Chronicles
Season 1 • Episode 6: San Quentin • Watch with subtitles
Episode 6: San Quentin
August 19, 2024 • 21 min
San Quentin located in Marin County on the San Francisco Bay is California's oldest prison dating back to the gold rush, and home to the state's only gas chamber. Here three men have tried to find their way out of the prison's clutches. George Jackson attempts to shoot his way out by sneaking a gun in an afro wig. Stanley "Tookie" Williams, co-founder of the Crips, attempts to write his way out of prison and earns a Nobel Peace Prize Nomination. Serial escape artists Forrest Silva Tucker enlists two other inmates to make a boat and row their way out of the prison. Will they make it?
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