Keywords: Folsom State Prison is a California State Prison located 20 miles northeast of the state capital of Sacramento LCCN2013630988.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Title date and keywords provided by the photographer ; Credit line The Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; As of early 2013 Folsom Prison one of America's most famous penal institutions thanks to a song of that name performed by country singer Johnny Cash was still holding inmates Opened in 1880 Folsom is the second-oldest prison in the state and was the first in the country to have electricity ; Forms part of Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in memory of Jon B Lovelace; 2012; DLC/PP-2012 063 2012 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2013630988 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/23800/23810a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 23810 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 23810 38 41 5571 0 N 121 9 6708 0 W alt 97_source exif_heading PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ The Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Jon B Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith Folsom State Prison |