Alcatraz

Technically, Alcatraz is an island. The structure referred to, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, was a federal prison. The prison has long since been decommissioned as impractical due to the cost of upkeep. Alcatraz Island is now a national park, and the prison is a museum. It is open to the public and guided tours are offered of the island and facilities.

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it raised public awareness of broken treaties. -apex

1,576 men were held at alcatraz prison off the San Fransisco bay in california.

It was built on the island so that way it was harder to attack when it was a military fortress and when it became a Federal Prison it was a lot harder for the inmates to escape the prison.

Alcatraz is made of sandstone,rock,limestone and natural vegetation.

June 11, 1962

Because it was a prison, and people generally don't like being in those.

It is more of a tourist trap than anything. There are lots of tours, and they sell books about the history of the island. You can't go to many sections of the island or prison, but you can still go inside and take a picture with a cell door closed, etc.

About 5,000 visitors a day, or over 1 1/2 million a year.

Alcatraz is located on an island on the West Coast. There were 336 cells that measured five feet by nine feet. Each cell had a toilet, small cot, and running water. The prison itself spans 22 acres.

Alcatraz Island comprises 22 acres.

beatings with iron clubs, isolation, sensory deprivation, time spent in windy dungeons, bread and water diets beatings with iron clubs, isolation, sensory deprivation, time spent in windy dungeons, bread and water diets

Yes, Alcatraz is a haunted island. Visitors of the island claim that they can sometimes hear men screaming, whistling, talking, and doors clanging in the prison. Many deaths have occurred in prison and it was believed that those who have died in the prison have haunted the building. Many guards and police officers have reported to have unmistakably seen and hear ghostly apparitions while guarding the building. The prison is ranked as one of the strangest haunted sites in America. == ==

yes in 2015 it is going to reopen

Absolutely. Alcatraz was closed in 1963; surviving inmates were transferred to other prisons. :)

It was originally opened as a fortress to protect the entrance of the San Francisco Bay from anyone who might want to gain control of the bay, most especially the British Navy. The bay had become the most valuable port in the world almost overnight in 1848 because of the Gold Rush.

John Anglin went to Alcatraz after he robbed a bank in Alabama. He was sentenced to serve 35 years in prison. While in prison, he attempted to escape. As a result he was then sent to Alcatraz in 1960 to serve the remainder of his sentence.

Engineer building.

I believe it was Robbery

Alcatraz opened in 1933. By the time it closed in 1963, there had only been four wardens:

James A. Johnston from 1933-1948

Edwin B. Swope from 1948-1955

Paul Madigan from 1955-1961

Olin Blackwell from 1961-1963

There are several reasons. For one, It could be called "The Rock" because the prison sits on an otherwise barren island. It can also be because the guards and prisoners who made it to Alcatraz were considered the toughest of the tough.

Some of the most infamous gangsters, mobsters and bootleggers in criminal history. People such as Al Capone, Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, George "Machine gun Kelly", Arthur "Doc" Barker, John Paul Chase, Basil "The Owl" Banghart and Raymond Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson have all spent time on "The Rock".

The first spaniard to discover the island was Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775, who charted San Francisco Bay and named the island "La Isla de los Alcatraces," which translates as "The Island of the Pelicans,"from the archaic Spanish alcatraz, "pelican", a word which was borrowed originally from Hispano-Arabic qatrás (proud or noble walking).