Alcatraz Island The island we all know in the San Francisco bay was first explored by a French explorer names Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775." While the exact meaning is still debated‚ Alcatraz is usually defined as meaning "pelican" or "strange bird"(Bop). Instead of being called Alctraces‚ the name conformed and just became known as Alcatraz. The island opened as a federal prison in 1934. It was notorious for being the prison that held most‚ if not all of the United States of America’s most hazardous
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prisoners on Alcatraz Island were treated in such a way. Psychological Orientation: If you were a prisoner on Alcatraz Island‚ every aspect of your life would be controlled by a higher authority. If you like to have a midnight snack every now and then‚ that luxury would be taken away. If you like to sit around and watch TV for hours‚ you can forget about that too. Logical Orientation: Alcatraz has a long history of transformation as to how it came to be known as the inescapable prison island. This reputation
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Sidney Lamb 4/15/2013 English P.1 Alcatraz Prison Alcatraz Prison Alcatraz Prison... Most people think scary‚ dangerous‚ and a very isolated place when they hear those words. They also think of the island it’s on in San Francisco Bay‚ the people that have been there like Al Capone and Robert Stroud‚ and also the many escape attempts quite a few prisoners have tried to take a stab at. Always though‚ these attempts failed. There are one-thousand eight hundred twenty-one prisons
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Abstract Alcatraz Prison was one of the most secure prisons ever built in the United States. Alcatraz was erected in the San Francisco Bay and originally was a military facility during the late 1800s. Alcatraz has housed 1‚576 of the United States most dangerous criminals during its 29 year existence (Williams). Alcatraz has housed well known criminals such as Al Capone and George Barnes (The Rock). The prison was considered escape proof‚ so when prisoners from other federal facilities were causing
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RUNNING HEAD: FACTORS THAT MADE ALCATRAZ ISLAND A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON Factors That Made Alcatraz Island a Maximum Security Prison Joseph W. Lard Cameron University Every country has its own unique and enormous man-made landmarks. In Europe‚ London has Big Ben‚ Paris has the romantic Eiffel Tower‚ and Italy has the curious Leaning Tower of Pisa. From China and it’s Great Wall to Egypt with it’s pyramids and sphinx popular man-made landmarks are everywhere. America even has its own
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Alcatraz was a high security federal prison‚ it was a prison where all the worst criminals from all over the world were sent and also the most insane ones. Alcatraz Island was built in the chilly waters of California’s most difficult and dangerous felons during its years of operation from 1934 ( That’s when it was built) to 1963 (That’s when it was closed). It held the most insane criminals to the most smartest criminals. Alcatraz Island was a maximum high-security federal prison that was 1.25 million
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History of Alcatraz Meghan Norris ENC1102 Composition II Virginia Fontana 9/28/12 Everest University Online Alcatraz has a very long and dark history that not many people know many people know it as a prison that held the most hardened criminals that other prisons couldn’t handle. When an inmate was sent to Alcatraz it is because other prisons couldn’t handle them and they needed to be sent somewhere where they could be handled. Alcatraz was considered a prison within a prison system. But
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Brett Pinkston Ms. Hill/2nd Hour English 1 24 November‚ 2014 1962 Alcatraz Escape Research Paper Have you ever heard about the escape from Alcatraz? On the night of June 11th‚ 1962 the most thought out and advanced prison escape took place.(Hopkinson). Prisoners Frank Morris‚ Allen West‚ and Brothers Clarence and John Anglin were getting ready to put the final parts of a daring escape plan into action.(Hopkinson). The challenge for the prisoners was not only getting out of the prison‚ but being able
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Hacker Honors English 10 23 October 2014 The Escape from Alcatraz "The Rock" was thought to be unescapable. Nobody thought that surviving the swim from Alcatraz to mainland could be accomplished by the inmates. However‚ many escapes were planned and attempted. Most escapees were caught‚ but some remain unaccounted for. Morris and the Anglin brothers’ escape from Alcatraz was a well-planned endeavor still surrounded by mystery today. Alcatraz was a maximum security federal prison. Prisoners were examined
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2012 Audience: Visitors of Historical Alcatraz Island Purpose: To Inform The Rock Robert Stroud “Birdman of Alcatraz”‚ Alvin “Creepy Karpis” Karpowicz‚ and Al “Scarface” Capone were only some of the notorious criminals to pass through Alcatraz Island. Surrounded by harsh currents and cold waters‚ Alcatraz Island was thought to be the ultimate place to keep criminals too criminal for landlocked prisons. In the early 1930s‚ renovations made Alcatraz a better‚ yet still crude‚ establishment
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