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Alcatraz East is a privately owned for-profit crime museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. [1] Opened in 2016, it was formerly operated as the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington, D.C. [ 2 ] The museum gives a behind-the-scenes look at crime history in America.
More than 700 artifacts in 28,000 square feet (2,600 m 2) of exhibition space related the history of crime, and its consequences, in America and American popular culture. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The museum featured exhibits on colonial crime, pirates, Wild West outlaws, gangsters, the Mob, mass murderers, and white collar criminals.
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United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (English: / ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /, Spanish: [a l k a ˈ t ɾ a θ] "the gannet") or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States.
Alcatraz Island, 1896 Alcatraz in the dawn mist, from the east. The "parade ground" is at left. Alcatraz Island and lighthouse at sunset The water tower and powerhouse (at right), which generated electricity for the island A model of Military Point Alcatraz, 1866–1868, now on display at Alcatraz Island Model of the prison in present day, on display at Alcatraz Island
The Alcatraz recreation yard. In 1936, the previously dirt-covered yard was paved. [6] The yard was part of the most violent escape attempt from Alcatraz in May 1946 when a group of inmates hatched a plot to obtain the key into the recreation yard, kill the tower guards, take hostages, and use them as shields to reach the dock. [7]