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Oct 27, 2009 · Isolated from the mainland by the cold, strong waters of San Francisco Bay, the island was deemed an ideal location for a prison. It was assumed no Alcatraz inmate could attempt to escape...
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Nov 20, 2014 · In 1969, a group of rebel activists took over America’s most notorious prison for more than 19 months. Updated: July 11, 2023 | Original: November 20, 2014. Since the mid-1960s, American Indians ...
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Oct 8, 2015 · On a June night in 1962, three inmates of the federal prison on Alcatraz Island escaped from their cells and (presumably) into San Francisco Bay, never to be seen again. By: Sarah Pruitt...
- Sarah Pruitt
Nov 13, 2009 · Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco 's Bay closes down and transfers its last prisoners. At its peak period of use in 1950s, “The Rock," or "America’s Devil Island," housed over 200 inmates...
- Missy Sullivan
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Oct 29, 2021 · Alcatraz, located on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay and nicknamed The Rock, opened for business in August 1934, shortly before Capone arrived. It was a federal maximum-security...
- Greg Daugherty
Aug 8, 2012 · During its nearly 30 years of operation (from 1934 to 1963), the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay housed some of America’s most notorious felons, including gangsters Al ...
Nov 24, 2009 · A group of federal prisoners classified as “most dangerous” arrives at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop situated 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay, on August 11, 1934. The...
