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Alcatraz Island (/ ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. [1] The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison.
Alcatraz Library was located at the end of D-Block. Upon entering Alcatraz, every inmate was given a library card and a catalog of books found in the library. Inmates could place orders by putting a slip with their card in a box at the entrance to the dining hall before breakfast, and the books would be delivered to and from their cell by a ...
The Alcatraz Gang was a group of eleven American prisoners of war ... Map annotated by former POW Mike McGrath (Navy pilot), indicating the location of Alcatraz and ...
81 years ago today, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island. On August 11, 1934, the "most dangerous" prisoners in the United States were put on the mysterious island situated 1.5 ...
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse—the first one built on the U.S. West Coast—located on Alcatraz Island in California's San Francisco Bay. [4] It is located at the southern end of the island near the entrance to the prison. [ 5 ]
Also known as The Rock, was a maximum security prison located on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. Now a tourist attraction, the prison operated from 1934 to 1963 and housed some of ...
On this day in 1934, the most dangerous prisoners in the United States were transported to the treacherous island of Alcatraz off of San Francisco Bay. Later that month, Al Capone, one of the most ...
Fort Alcatraz was a United States Army coastal fortification on Alcatraz Island near the mouth of San Francisco Bay in California, part of the Third System of fixed fortifications, although very different from most other Third System works.