Alcatraz Was built on July 1, 1934, and ran for years then started to cost the U.S too much money and to repair. It was estimated to be 1-3 million dollars to fix. (Alcatraz facts)
Alcatraz was one of the toughest prisons in the world. Alcatraz was the high maximum security prison. The toughest punishment was to be in a room pitch black and a hole in the ground to go to the bathroom, no mattress but at night time, and one meal a day. (Alcatraz Facts) Alcatraz has gardens when the prison was up and run. Until it closed the gardens decade. Until 2003 when the Gardens of Alcatraz partnered with the National Park Service to restore and maintain the gardens for tourists. The guards had there family and kids lived with them in Alcatraz.(Alcatraz facts that may surprise you) …show more content…
Frank Morris and four others went missing. The prison wasn’t built for the worst criminals, but for the ones that need an attitude adjustment. (10 things you may not know about Alcatraz) Most inmates requested to move to Alcatraz, because of one movie a month, 15,000 books, and one person prison cells. Poor food often resulted in a prison riot. ( 10 things you may not know about Alcatraz) Alcatraz was never filled full of inmates. The average was 260 and the highest was 320 and the lowest was 222. (Alcatraz facts that may surprise you) Alcatraz didn’t have an executing the death penalty. Some committed suicide, some murdered other inmates, and others just died of nature causes. (Alcatraz facts that may surprise