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Folsom State Prison (FSP)
Folsom State Prison - Mission Statement
Folsom State Prison (FSP) is California’s second oldest State Prison; Our Mission is to house Medium Security Inmates in a secure and effective manner consistent with Departmental, State, Federal and relevant Case Laws while providing access to a variety of Vocational/Educational Training, Prison Industries Authority (PIA) as well as Religious and Self-Help Programs aimed at reducing recidivism rates.
Folsom Prison's Rich Hstory
Folsom State Prison is California's second-oldest prison, and one of the nation's first maximum-security prisons built in the decades following the California Gold Rush. Click here to read more about the prison's interesting past.