Alcatraz 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
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Alcatraz Island and Prison Alcatraz Island‚ also infamously known as “The Rock”‚ is located in the San Francisco Bay 1.5 miles offshore from San Francisco‚ Ca. It stands 121 feet above sea level and spans approximately 22 acres. The Spanish Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala named Alcatraz Island for sea birds; he was reported to be the first known European to sail through the Golden Gate in 1775. It was named “La Isla de los Alcatraces” meaning the Island of the Pelicans. It later became home
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Introduction In this personal project I am going to described information about "Did anybody ever escape Alcatraz?" Here‚ I included three subtopics to answer the question: - Military Prison - Alcatraz Most Notorious Criminals - Average prisoners stay in Alcatraz Alcatraz was a jail were the most dangerous prisoners lived‚ located in San Francisco‚ composed of little buildings inside the place‚ and with capacity of 450 prisoners. This place is known for the famous security system they used. At the
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Clarence and John Anglin broke out of Alcatraz prison. Using nothing but a raft fashioned out of raincoats‚ the three men traveled out into the foggy San Francisco Bay‚ never to be seen again. This was over 50 years ago‚ but the escape is still significant today. Society today still cares about the escape from Alcatraz because of its presence in the media‚ Alcatraz’s reputation as “escape-proof”‚ and natural human curiosity. First of all‚ the escape from Alcatraz has had a significant impact on American
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Alcatraz Prison Imagine that you are an inmate at Alcatraz. You wake up to hear a whistle around . First you go and eat for fifteen minutes. After you finish eating you have to put your knife on the left side of the tray‚ the fork in the middle‚ and the spoon on the right. The guards force you to clean your sleeping area‚ like the cell bars‚ the toilet bowl‚ make your bed‚ and fold the seat and table against the wall. Secondly when you are done cleaning your cell area then the second morning whistle
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* Alcatraz Informative Speech Outline General Purpose: To inform the class Specific Purpose: To describe to the audience a brief history of Alcatraz. Thesis: Alcatraz has been a popular social topic because of the mystery that surrounds it and the stories exaggerated in movies and television shows. INTRODUCTION I. If you disobey the rules of society‚ they send you to prison; if you disobey the rules of the prison‚ they send you to Alcatraz. II. Alcatraz has been a popular social topic
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So how did Alcatraz start and what was its initial purpose‚ was there previous escape attempts besides Morris’s escape? What was the big deal with Morris’s escape and how did he do it. The Closer of Alcatraz? What is Alcatraz? Alcatraz is a penitentiary opened by the Federal Government as a maximum security‚ minimum privilege penitentiary to deal with the most incorrigible inmates in Federal prisons. This prison was thought to be inescapable. Frank morris would disprove this in his successful escape
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of this land‚ the Alcatraz occupation in 1969 led by righteous college students‚ became the longest Indian occupation of federal ground in the history of the United States and a landmark for Indian self-determination. The documentary‚ Alcatraz is Not an Island‚ describes the occupation that made Alcatraz a symbol for Indigenous people as motivation to stand up against the cruelty that they have experienced since the arrival of the Europeans. Hence the name of the film‚ Alcatraz can be seen as an
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Did They Succeed? Alcatraz is the biggest and most atrocious prison that America has ever known. It housed the worst of the worst. It was built to punish rather than rehabilitate. Alcatraz both mentally and physically broke down people like Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly. Many have attempted to escape The Rock‚ but none has succeeded. Three people are believed to have escaped. Many believe that Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers successfully escaped and survived. Frank Morris‚ The Anglin
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The movie “Escape from Alcatraz” is based upon true events and tells the story of one of the most famous prison escapes in history. It features the 1962 escape of Alcatraz lead by Frank Morris and his accomplishes. The movie portrays the process of the escape from start to end‚ based upon the book “Escape from Alcatraz”‚ a 1963 nonfiction book written by J. Campbell Bruce. The movie follows closely to the story‚ however it also differs in many ways. Some of these include physical descriptions‚ character
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