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Who decided Alcatraz would be a prison?

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∙ 9y ago
Updated: 11/8/2022

The Department of Justice. It acquired the Island from the U.S Army in 1933 and spent over $250,000 converting the island from a U.S Disciplinary Barracks to a federal Prison.

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