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Jun 19, 2024 · United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz ( English: / ˈælkəˌtræz /, 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.
Jun 6, 2024 · Alcatraz closed as a prison in 1963, and on March 9, 1964, five Sicangu Lakota occupied the island for four hours, declaring it indigenous land per the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty.
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Jun 11, 2024 · Built across the 22-acre island in the bay of San Francisco, the Alcatraz prison housed the most notorious criminals between 1934 and 1963, per the FBI.
Jun 4, 2024 · No one was known to have successfully escaped from Alcatraz—located some 1.5 miles (2 km) offshore, in San Francisco Bay—since it became a federal penitentiary in 1934. For this reason, prisoners with a history of successful or attempted escapes elsewhere were often sent there.
Jun 10, 2024 · On 12 June 1962, three men escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison. While their fate remains unknown, the ingenuity of their escape continues to captivate.
6 days ago · Alcatraz opens as a federal prison. The prison underwent further construction work at the turn of the century and by the early 20th Century, was ‘home’ to over 300 civilian prisoners.
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Jun 17, 2024 · Alcatraz Island, also known as ‘The Rock,’ a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, off the coast of California, in the United States. From 1934 to 1963, a facility on the island served as a federal prison for some of the most dangerous civilian prisoners.
