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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 at...
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The Prison Closes Its Doors: 1963 The federal penitentiary...
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After two decades of intense scrutiny relating to operating costs and confinement practices, on Thursday, March 21, 1963, the end of an era arrived with the official closure of Alcatraz.
The prison closed in 1963, but Alcatraz was reopened as a public museum. The island and prison were occupied by Native Americans from 1969 to 1971. It is one of San Francisco's major tourist attractions, attracting some 1.5 million visitors annually.
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- August 11, 1934; 89 years ago
- March 21, 1963; 60 years ago
After the prison closed, Alcatraz was basically abandoned. Many ideas were proposed for the island, including a monument to the United Nations, a West Coast version of the Statue of Liberty, and a shopping center/hotel complex.
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Mar 3, 2013 · The prison was closed in 1963 by Robert F. Kennedy as attorney general because the cost of transporting food, water and other supplies to the island made it far more expensive than the other federal penitentiaries.
In 1962, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced that Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary would be closing due to the deterioration of the structure and the exponential operating costs. A year later, on March 21, 1963, the final inmates were escorted off the island.
