On the adventure to find my topic to research, I felt like a kid at an all you can eat buffet for the first time, overwhelmed with way too many options to pick. My mom recently was telling me about how I used to get put in timeout occasionally for doing things that I thought at the time seemed like a tremendous idea, but apparently not in my moms eyes. While sitting in timeout I would always say that this feels like prison, leading me to the thought of Alcatraz, and how scary of place that would be to go to, but yet so intriguing on so many levels. Then it hit me, I could just write my I-search paper about alcatraz.
What I Know Alcatraz is known for being one of the most dangerous prisons in the entire world, hosting some of the most notorious …show more content…
My main goal is to discover how Alcatraz was run and what aspects about the island made it one of the most secure prisons in the world. How did Alcatraz come into existence, and why is Alcatraz on an island in the bay of San Francisco, instead of being located away from a major city, where if a prisoner escaped the island the prisoner would become hard to find within a massive city. Was the island use for anything else before it became a federal prison? In the great twenty nine years of running, housing the most notorious criminals on the planet, why did Alcatraz island prison shut down? What happened to all of the prisoners when Alcatraz shut down? Who was the last prisoner to be release or moved from Alcatraz island prison? What was life like on the island, for the guards and prisoners? While being home to very dangerous criminals, how were the guards of the prison trained, and what was the protocol if a prisoner tried to escape? How many guards were on guard at all times? Who were the most dangerous prisoners on the island and how long were they there? How deep is the water surrounding Alcatraz? Is the water shark infested around Alcatraz and were sharks ever fed by the guards of Alcatraz to keep sharks around? What did the citizens of the country think about the prison and its specific
What I Know Alcatraz is known for being one of the most dangerous prisons in the entire world, hosting some of the most notorious …show more content…
My main goal is to discover how Alcatraz was run and what aspects about the island made it one of the most secure prisons in the world. How did Alcatraz come into existence, and why is Alcatraz on an island in the bay of San Francisco, instead of being located away from a major city, where if a prisoner escaped the island the prisoner would become hard to find within a massive city. Was the island use for anything else before it became a federal prison? In the great twenty nine years of running, housing the most notorious criminals on the planet, why did Alcatraz island prison shut down? What happened to all of the prisoners when Alcatraz shut down? Who was the last prisoner to be release or moved from Alcatraz island prison? What was life like on the island, for the guards and prisoners? While being home to very dangerous criminals, how were the guards of the prison trained, and what was the protocol if a prisoner tried to escape? How many guards were on guard at all times? Who were the most dangerous prisoners on the island and how long were they there? How deep is the water surrounding Alcatraz? Is the water shark infested around Alcatraz and were sharks ever fed by the guards of Alcatraz to keep sharks around? What did the citizens of the country think about the prison and its specific