It's now a National Park site with 5,000 visitors a day.
After the prison closed in 1963, the prison sat idle until American Indians occupied it in 1969 for 19 months. It became a National Park site in 1972.
March 21, 1963
It closed March 21, 1963.
A very long time ago?
All the prisoners were transfered of the island. But thats not what happened. Not at all.
U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, CA closed on March 21, 1963.
Alcatraz was a prison in sanfransisco bay
The federal prison on Alcatraz was closed in 1963. The island became a US historic landmark in 1986.
Alcatraz Prison
it is a prison
The Alcatraz prison is a prison located on Alcatraz Island located in the San Francisco Bay exactly 1.5 miles from San Francisco.
Alcatraz was used as a prison.
Alcatraz island.