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San Quentin (other)
San Quentin most commonly refers to San Quentin State Prison, California. San Quentin may also refer to: * Saint Quentin (died c. 287), Christian saint * San Quentin, California, a small unincorporated community adjacent to the prison * ''San Quentin'' (1937 film), starring Humphrey Bogart * ''San Quentin'' (1946 film), directed by Gordon Douglas * "San Quentin" (song), by Nickelback, 2022 *"San Quentin", a song by Johnny Cash from his 1969 album ''At San Quentin'' * Point San Quentin Point San Quentin, later known as Potrero Point, was the land projecting into San Francisco Bay that marked the southern extremity of Mission Bay (now filled in), in San Francisco, California.San Quintin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Quentin State Prison
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 place of San Quentin in Marin County. Opened in July 1852, San Quentin 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. The prison has been featured on film, radio drama, video, podcast, and television; is the subject of many books; has hosted concerts; and has housed many notorious inmates. Facilities The correctional complex sits on Point San Quentin, which consists of on the north side of San Francisco Bay. The prison complex itself occupies , valued in a 2001 study at between $129 million and $664 million. As of July 31, 2022, San Quentin was incarce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Quentin
Saint Quentin ( la, Quintinus; died 287 AD) also known as Quentin of Amiens, was an early Christian saint. Hagiography Martyrdom The legend of his life has him as a Roman citizen who was martyred in Gaul. He is said to have been the son of a man named Zeno, who had senatorial rank. Filled with apostolic zeal, Quentin traveled to Gaul as a missionary with Saint Lucian, who was later martyred at Beauvais, and others (the martyrs Victoricus and Fuscian are said to have been Quentin's followers). Quentin settled at Amiens and performed many miracles there. Because of his preaching, he was imprisoned by the prefect Rictiovarus, who had traveled to Amiens from Trier. Quentin was manacled, tortured repeatedly, but refused to abjure his faith. The prefect left Amiens to go to Reims, the capital of ''Gallia Belgica'', where he wanted Quentin judged. But, on the way, in a town named ''Augusta Veromanduorum'' (now Saint-Quentin, Aisne), Quentin miraculously escaped and again started hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Quentin, California
San Quentin (Spanish: ''San Quintín'', meaning " St. Quentin") is a small unincorporated community in Marin County, California, United States. It is located west of Point San Quentin, at an elevation of . Description San Quentin is adjacent to San Quentin State Prison, last known location of Fergus Smith, located just east of the prison, it is also known as San Quentin VillageKlaner, Shelley Shepherd.Village People". ''Pacific Sun'', October 17, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2009. or Point San Quentin Village.Wood, Jim"Point San Quentin Village. Arguably, Marin's most unique community". ''Marin Magazine'', November 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2009. It has 40 single-family houses and a condominium complex with ten units, and its population is about 100. The town was originally housing for the prison's employees and their families. Residents rent their driveways to media vans during controversial executions. The reporters are attracted to the place because it is the only place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Quentin (1937 Film)
''San Quentin'' is a 1937 Warner Bros. drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sheridan. It was shot on location at San Quentin State Prison. Plot Ex-Army officer Steve Jameson ( Pat O' Brien), the chief guard at San Quentin State Prison, meets May Kennedy (Ann Sheridan), who works as a singer in a San Francisco night club. Joe "Red" Kennedy (Humphrey Bogart), her brother, who is on the run from the police, is arrested at the nightclub when he comes to see his sister. Red arrives in San Quentin a few days later with another new inmate, hardened criminal "Sailor Boy" Hansen (Joe Sawyer). After a fight with Sailor in the courtyard on his first day, Jameson punishes him. May begins a romantic relationship with Jameson, and soon finds out what he couldn't tell her before: He is the yard captain of the prison, who is in charge of the prisoners. Jameson institutes a merit system intended to separate the hapless lawbreakers from the hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Quentin (1946 Film)
''San Quentin'' is a 1946 American romantic drama film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Lawrence Tierney, Barton MacLane and Marian Carr. Plot The warden of San Quentin State Prison takes three of his best-behaved model prisoners to a press event in San Francisco, but Nick Taylor escapes en route. The warden enlists an old enemy of Taylor's, Jim Roland, to bring him back to justice. The film comes with a prologue with former Sing Sing warden Lewis E. Lawes advocating the inmates' Mutual Welfare League. Cast * Lawrence Tierney as Jim Roland * Barton MacLane as Nick Taylor * Marian Carr as Betty Richards * Harry Shannon as Warden Kelly * Carol Forman as Ruthie * Joe Devlin as 'Broadway' Johnson * Tom Keene as Hal Schaeffer * Tony Barrett as Steve Marlowe * Lee Bonnell as Joe Carzoni * Robert Clarke as Tommy North * Raymond Burr as Jeff Torrance * unbilled players include: Byron Foulger, Selmer Jackson and Herbert Rawlinson Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Quentin (song)
"San Quentin" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback from their tenth studio album, '' Get Rollin'''. It was released as the album's lead single on September 7, 2022. Musical style "San Quentin" is described as a hard rock and heavy metal song with elements of metalcore. Background During an interview with WRAT radio station, lead vocalist Chad Kroeger spoke about the lyrical inspiration for “San Quentin”, saying: “I met the San Quentin prison warden at a party. And I couldn’t believe how young he was. I was, like, ‘There’s just no way that you’re the warden of San Quentin,’ and everyone was, like, ‘Yup. He is.’ Guy Fieri’s a buddy of mine, and I was at his birthday party a few years back. And the entire time we were talking, I’m speaking to this guy, but in my head all I could think about was, ‘I’m gonna write a song called 'San Quentin’. That’s it.‘ And I stuck it in my notes in my phone. And then once the riff was down, I think I screamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At San Quentin
''Johnny Cash at San Quentin'' is the 31st overall album and second live album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, recorded live at San Quentin State Prison on February 24, 1969, and released on June 16 of that same year. The concert was filmed by Granada Television, produced and directed by Michael Darlow. The album was the second in Cash's conceptual series of live prison albums that also included ''At Folsom Prison'' (1968), ''På Österåker'' (1973), and ''A Concert Behind Prison Walls'' (1976). The album was certified gold on August 12, 1969, platinum and double platinum on November 21, 1986, and triple platinum on March 27, 2003, by the RIAA. The album was nominated for a number of Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and won Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "A Boy Named Sue." There have been several releases with different songs and set order. The album cover photo by Jim Marshall is considered to be an iconic image of Cash, with Marshall Grant's Epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point San Quentin
Point San Quentin, later known as Potrero Point, was the land projecting into San Francisco Bay that marked the southern extremity of Mission Bay (now filled in), in San Francisco, California.Nancy Olmsted, Mission Bay Gazeteer of Historic Places, foldout at the end of "Vanished Waters: A History of San Francisco's Mission Bay" published by the Mission Creek Conservancy and republished by foundsf.org with their permission. From foundsf.org accessed 3/29/2015. History Originally named by Spanish settlers in the 18th century, it retained the name ''Point San Quentin'' on U.S. Coastal surve ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
