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Inside death row at San Quentin State Prison
A death row inmate is escorted across the yard away from the East Block at San Quentin while on his way to a morning appointment.
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The heavy metal black doors mark the entrance to death row in the East Block of San Quentin.
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A guard watches prisoners being escorted across the yard at San Quentin State Prison.
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Lt. Sam Robinson, spokesman for San Quentin State Prison, looks through the files of condemned inmates in a special storage area in the prison. The files contain mug shots of death row prisoners, who will never be set free but are not likely to be executed in the near future.
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The old metal doors open into the corridor in the North Block of San Quentin State Prison leading to the doorway of “Condemned Row.”
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