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Nov 3, 2020 · By Richard Milner / Updated: Nov. 3, 2020 9:12 am EST. Food, shelter, clothing, and medical care: according to Alcatraz History, these are the four rights due a prisoner at Alcatraz, the most notoriously brutal and strict prison in US history.
Apr 16, 2019 · According to Bon Appetit, Alcatraz’s prison warden believed, “Most trouble in prison is caused by bad food.” Makes sense. That would also explain why the guards and staff ate the exact same food as prisoners — yes, it was that good. Cue the banana pudding and chilled-out prisoners? According to culinary guru and writer Tori Avey, the ...
Mar 31, 2013 · Fifty years ago, the notorious Alcatraz prison shut its gate behind guard Jim Albright as he escorted the last inmate off the island on March 21, 1963. "As we're going out, I know, when I come ...
Jul 23, 2016 · But over 50 years ago, the food in America’s most notorious prison wasn’t quite so bad. Actually, scratch that. The food at San Francisco’s infamous Alcatraz Prison was pretty damn good.
May 2, 2019 · Men cannot be held in check always, and trouble began to brew at Alcatraz in February 1936, and has continued intermittently to the present day. The mutiny last September was preceded by a demand ...
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Alcatraz was known as a “maximum security, minimum privilege” prison. Food and medical care, however, were not considered privileges. They were necessities provided to all inmates. The food was prepared by inmate workers, under the supervision of correctional officers trained in food service management.
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I visited Alcatraz this summer, the explanation that was given then was slightly different. They said that the prison was so small (few amount of prisoners) hence it would have been more expensive to have two different types of food shipped to the island every day, than just to give the prisoners the same food as the guards.
