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Wide-ranging report urges closing of Quentin Folsom
A voluminous report prepared for the Reagan administration called for abandoning San Quentin and Folsom prisons, ending conjugal visits, and sweeping penal reforms. Prepared for the State Board of Corrections by staff led by criminologist Robert M. Keidgord, the proposal urged shorter prison terms, civilian clothes for 2,892 inmates, background music at meals, and elimination of two man cells to reduce homosexuality.
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Sacramento
San Quentin
Folsom
State Board of Corrections
Oakland
Robert BE. Keidgord