The Recreation Yard was the yard used by inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary between 1934 and 1963. It is located adjacent to the Dining Hall northwest...
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through the 1970s. In 1972, Alcatraz was transferred to the Department of Interior to become part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It was designated...
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people. The food served at Alcatraz was reportedly the best in the United States prison system. The Recreation Yard was the yard used by inmates of the prison...
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the Morgue and Recreation Yard. The water tank is situated on six cross-braced steel legs submerged in concrete foundations. As Alcatraz had no water supply...
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Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay was the site of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary between 1934 and 1963. There were a total of 14 escape attempts from...
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Alcatraz Dining Hall, often referred to as the Mess Hall, is the dining hall of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary where the prisoners and staff ate their meals...
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towards the centre, halfway between the Alcatraz Water Tower and the Dining Hall, below the side of the Recreation Yard. The morgue was built in 1910 by the...
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tour depicted the isolation cells, the recreation yard, and parts of the island shore. The focus of 1954: Alcatraz (released in 2014), a point-and-click...
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Escape from Alcatraz is a 1963 non-fiction book, written by San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Campbell Bruce, about the history of Alcatraz Penitentiary...
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Sam Shockley (category Inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary)
1948) was an inmate at Alcatraz prison, who was executed for his participation in the Alcatraz uprising or Battle of Alcatraz in 1946. Sam Shockley was...
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