Alcatraz is home to the most wanted criminals in its nation. It is located in San Francisco Bay, 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco, California. This prison is a SUPERMAX PRISON. Supermax prisons are high end secure place to keep all the worst criminals off the streets. Alcatraz is sometimes referred to as “The Rock..”
“The Rock” is to be measured some 22 acres and it is 121 feet above sea level. It was originally developed to be a lighthouse. In 1934 it became to be a super max prison, Its capacity is 450 people. The guard to prisoner ratio was 1:3. In March 21, 1963 Alcatraz was shut down after 29 years of operation due to the high operating costs. It is now one of the Bay area's top tourist attractions.
The inmates’ day began when they were woken at 6:30 a.m., and they were given twenty-five minutes to tidy their cells and stand to be counted. At 6:55 a.m. individual tiers of cells would be opened one by one, and the inmates would march in single file into the Mess …show more content…
The cells on the bottom tier were inherently colder because they stood against the long slick run of cement, and they were also the least private, as inmates, guards, and other prison personnel frequented this corridor. The newer “fish” were generally assigned to the second tier of B Block, and were placed in quarantine status for the first three months of their imprisonment on The Rock.
There was a ratio of one guard to every three prisoners on Alcatraz, as compared with other prisons, in which the ratio exceeded one guard to every twelve inmates. With the Gun Galleries at each end of the cellblocks and the frequent inmate counts (twelve per day), the guards were able to keep extremely close track of each and every inmate. Because of the small total number of prisoners at Alcatraz, all of the guards usually knew each inmate by
“The Rock” is to be measured some 22 acres and it is 121 feet above sea level. It was originally developed to be a lighthouse. In 1934 it became to be a super max prison, Its capacity is 450 people. The guard to prisoner ratio was 1:3. In March 21, 1963 Alcatraz was shut down after 29 years of operation due to the high operating costs. It is now one of the Bay area's top tourist attractions.
The inmates’ day began when they were woken at 6:30 a.m., and they were given twenty-five minutes to tidy their cells and stand to be counted. At 6:55 a.m. individual tiers of cells would be opened one by one, and the inmates would march in single file into the Mess …show more content…
The cells on the bottom tier were inherently colder because they stood against the long slick run of cement, and they were also the least private, as inmates, guards, and other prison personnel frequented this corridor. The newer “fish” were generally assigned to the second tier of B Block, and were placed in quarantine status for the first three months of their imprisonment on The Rock.
There was a ratio of one guard to every three prisoners on Alcatraz, as compared with other prisons, in which the ratio exceeded one guard to every twelve inmates. With the Gun Galleries at each end of the cellblocks and the frequent inmate counts (twelve per day), the guards were able to keep extremely close track of each and every inmate. Because of the small total number of prisoners at Alcatraz, all of the guards usually knew each inmate by