Alcatraz was closed due to expenses, the cost was way to much money for the government to maintain and had to shut it down
they did not close Alcatraz they shut it down! you can still visit Alcatraz as a tourist attraction. They shut it down because of maintenance , it was to much money for the government to fund.
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy closed the prison down in 1963 because of its increasing maintenance and operating costs. When it closed inmates were transferred to other correctional facilities and Alcatraz was left to the care of a lone custodian.
The salt air had damaged the facility so much that tearing it down was the only other option. It also had problems of accessibility, cost, etc.
It was simply too expensive to operate and maintain.
It was closed due to weathering and the cost of repairs became too high
alcatraz is closed because of high expense of repairing and there was worse crime going on
It became too expensive to run.
it was expensive to run
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As a federal prison, Alcatraz closed its doors on March 21, 1963.
It was closed because it got too expensive
Alcatraz island has never been "closed" to the public. The prison on the island closed in 1963, and for over a year and a half the island was home to a Native-American group. Today it is an historic landmark.
Alcatraz is located in the San Francisco Bay and it was closed in 1963. It was closed because of its high operating costs.
USP Alcatraz, CA closed on March 21, 1963.
The federal prison on Alcatraz was closed in 1963. The island became a US historic landmark in 1986.
U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz, CA was closed on March 21, 1963.
U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, CA closed on March 21, 1963.
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No it closed in 1963