Introduction
I. Picture this. You are trying to get to the mainland from an island about 1.5 miles out in the sea. You must survive the freezing cold waters that could kill you if you are exposed to them for too long. Not to mention how strong the current is that can sweep you out into the middle of the ocean, and on top of it all, there are man-eating sharks in the water. What is a place like this? Alcatraz. II. Alcatraz was the most feared prison you could be sent to.
Body I. Military Prison A. Civil war and Spanish-American civil war prisoners 1. 1861 2. Isolation, shark infested waters, and cold, strong, and hazardous currents made it perfect. 3. In 1898 prison population increased from 26 to over