Setting: I would say jail / prison.
The story says; "This was the secured area where prisoners and their visitors
came together. Armed guards systematically paced around the room. Long tables with low metal dividers separating the visitors from the visited were the only furnishings. The prisoners were marched in dressed in orange or blue jumpsuits, or gray sweat suits with "DOC" emblazoned across the chests. The uniforms reinforced the myriad other signals around us: the prisoners were owned by the state."
( This may also be a different setting because the title is "Fathers and Angels", It may be prisoners of heaven or hell. Just my opinion! <3 )
The characters may be 2 inmates or 2 friends in prison / Jail.
I would answer more but I have a lottt of work to do! Good luck!
Third sentence Phillip and Alicia moved into their new house
B. In the late 1840s, gold was discovered in California.
