Escape Attempts
Since Folsom was one of the first maximum-security prisons in the United States, the inmates were desperate to escape. Prior to the completion of the granite wall in the 1920s, the prison saw numerous escape attempts; the first one occurring shortly after the first inmates arrived in the 1880s. Throughout Folsom's violent and bloody history, numerous riots and escape attempts have resulted in both inmate and staff deaths.
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