Imagine being in a dirty, smelling, cold prison cell with water dripping down the walls from the ceiling and hardly ever seeing daylight. This is what the prisoners in prison experience on a daily bases. Alcatraz was federal prison that was built on a twelve acre, solid rock island exactly one mile from the mainland with no roads or bridges to escape. Alcatraz, a prison in the San Francisco Bay that many famous people went to and dunknown details. Wardens and guards who worked at the prison did not know there were possible escape routes used by convicts to get out of this concentration camp. The earliest settlers in San Francisco Bay were estimated to have lived there thousands of years before it was even explored. These people are believed
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Both the institute and the men confined within its walls (National). Prisons are a reflection of society and the reflection offered by Alcatraz is one of the greatest clarity (National). The fort on Alcatraz took on a new role during the civil war (National). Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston faithfully did his duty to calm the threat of war locally and protect San Francisco until he resided his command (National). After returning to the south, Johnston accepted a commision in the confederate army. Johnston died at the Battle of Shiloh (National). Alcatraz soon took charge of well known depression era desperadoes as Alvin “Creepy” Karpis, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, and “Scarface” Al Capone (Boisson). Capone arrived on the Rock in 1939 from Leavenworth, were he was serving time for tax evasion (Boisson). Capone tailed in the laundry room as prisoner AZ eighty-five, but his bigshot swagger ruled the more common streets (Boisson). A person from the streets where Capone was more common, was an inmate (Boisson). The inmate's name is Jimmy Lucas, who knifed Capone in the sewer room …show more content…
Some celebrities are well known for being unacceptable. These people are famously bad. They have robbed, killed and stepped on everyone in their way. Any dishonorable things you can think, they probably done it. These well known people have done appalling things which landed them at The Rock. Even at The Rock they still misbehaved themselves. Some tried escaping as others tried to kill each other.
Capon was born in New York where he attended school; Until he quit after the sixth grade. Ever since then at a young age he was involved in well known street gangs (“Al Capone” 5). In late 1931 Capone was arrested and later that year convicted. He was sentenced to eleven years in prison and charged with tax evasion. In 1946 doctors examined Capone and discovered he had the mentality of a twelve-year-old (“Al Capone” 8).
George “Machine Gun” Kelly was born in 1897 in Tennessee. He went to public schools and later became a salesman. In 1927 he married Kathryn Thorne. Kathryn motivated Kelly to become involved in crimes. She even bought him a machine gun which gave him the nickname “Machine Gun”. He became a bootlegger ( “Al Capone” 12). Eventually they were caught but they surrendered to FBI agents.They were place in Oklahoma City and had a trail. George and Kathryn were sentenced to life in prison in October 1933 (“Al Capone”
Both the institute and the men confined within its walls (National). Prisons are a reflection of society and the reflection offered by Alcatraz is one of the greatest clarity (National). The fort on Alcatraz took on a new role during the civil war (National). Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston faithfully did his duty to calm the threat of war locally and protect San Francisco until he resided his command (National). After returning to the south, Johnston accepted a commision in the confederate army. Johnston died at the Battle of Shiloh (National). Alcatraz soon took charge of well known depression era desperadoes as Alvin “Creepy” Karpis, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, and “Scarface” Al Capone (Boisson). Capone arrived on the Rock in 1939 from Leavenworth, were he was serving time for tax evasion (Boisson). Capone tailed in the laundry room as prisoner AZ eighty-five, but his bigshot swagger ruled the more common streets (Boisson). A person from the streets where Capone was more common, was an inmate (Boisson). The inmate's name is Jimmy Lucas, who knifed Capone in the sewer room …show more content…
Some celebrities are well known for being unacceptable. These people are famously bad. They have robbed, killed and stepped on everyone in their way. Any dishonorable things you can think, they probably done it. These well known people have done appalling things which landed them at The Rock. Even at The Rock they still misbehaved themselves. Some tried escaping as others tried to kill each other.
Capon was born in New York where he attended school; Until he quit after the sixth grade. Ever since then at a young age he was involved in well known street gangs (“Al Capone” 5). In late 1931 Capone was arrested and later that year convicted. He was sentenced to eleven years in prison and charged with tax evasion. In 1946 doctors examined Capone and discovered he had the mentality of a twelve-year-old (“Al Capone” 8).
George “Machine Gun” Kelly was born in 1897 in Tennessee. He went to public schools and later became a salesman. In 1927 he married Kathryn Thorne. Kathryn motivated Kelly to become involved in crimes. She even bought him a machine gun which gave him the nickname “Machine Gun”. He became a bootlegger ( “Al Capone” 12). Eventually they were caught but they surrendered to FBI agents.They were place in Oklahoma City and had a trail. George and Kathryn were sentenced to life in prison in October 1933 (“Al Capone”