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A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future
One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster of the same name. The inmate's real name was Robert Stroud, who had spent 54 years imprisoned in various institutions — mainly in solitary confinement.
Drone aerials of Alcatraz Island, as Trump says he wants prison reopened
President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too costly to house America's worst criminals.
The jail cell was cold, damp and echoey. But sleeping in the old prison buildings of Alcatraz Island was the first time Robert Free Galvan had a sense of true liberty. In 1969, Galvan and other ...
President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again. It comes more than 60 years after the California ...
ALCATRAZ ISLAND, California — If the national park rangers of Alcatraz are soon replaced by the prison wardens of California’s newest penitentiary, the throngs of tourists marching across the ...
President Donald Trump wants to reopen the prison on Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz closed in 1963 due to high operating costs, which were almost three times higher than other federal prisons.
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