Imagine yourself on a crisp, foggy morning with thick metal chains around your wrists and ankles slowly dragging aboard the island ferry with 136 other horrifying inmates. You are stuck in a cramped space for the next fifteen minutes, being shoved and pounded on making it even more difficult to keep your balance as the ship sways. Then you catch a quick glance through all the fog at what is soon to be your new home. All of a sudden the ferry is still. The guards open the door. One of them gapes at you and smirks, “Welcome home, welcome to Alcatraz.”
Alcatraz was home to many of the most rebellious convicts starting in August of 1934. Before this, Alcatraz was a military prison, but as of October 12, 1933, the United States Department of Justice …show more content…
This block served degrees of punishment which included isolation, solitary and strip. Convicts would usually stay in confinement from three to nineteen days. They were then given their meals in their cell and were not granted the right to work and only allowed to take a shower twice a week. Furthermore, there was an area of cells where inmates who crossed way over the line were sent and this was known as, “The Hole.” This zone lacked light and was frigid compared to the rest of the prison. Their cells consisted of nothing but a sink and a toilet. In fact, there was a cell at the end of the block known as “The Oriental,” or Strip Cell,” because all it had was a hole in the floor as the toilet and prisoners would usually be naked, given nothing for two days. Moreover, “The Hole,” was noted to be a place where inmates were consistently stripped, beaten and tortured. They were also starved, forced to sleep on the ice cold concrete wearing nothing but light underwear. Inmates who were imprisoned here were only allowed one ten minute shower and an hour of exercise in the yard a week. However, inmates whose behavior was unmanageable were sent to the dungeon in the basement, which was accessible through a hatchway in the floor of the D-block. This basement included several cells and inmates would be locked in their cells chained to the walls. They were only permitted to have a small portion …show more content…
Daily routines would take place to keep a firm hold of the hardened criminals. Prisoners would be woken at 6:30 a.m., fed breakfast by 6:55 a.m. and started their work shifts at 7:30 a.m. If assigned a job, prisoners must accept the job such as Laundry, Tailor Shop, Cobblers Shop, Model Shop etc. Lunch was then served at 11:20 followed by a 30-minute rest and finishing work by 4:16 p.m. After the received dinner at 4:25 p.m. and returned to their cells with lights out by 9:30 p.m. 6 guards would then patrol the inmates til sunrise. For recreational time and family visits, the prisoners had to earn it through their hard work. If the broke and rules or made an effort to cause trouble, punishments included hard labor, wearing a twelve pound ball and chain, and being sent to solitary
Alcatraz was home to many of the most rebellious convicts starting in August of 1934. Before this, Alcatraz was a military prison, but as of October 12, 1933, the United States Department of Justice …show more content…
This block served degrees of punishment which included isolation, solitary and strip. Convicts would usually stay in confinement from three to nineteen days. They were then given their meals in their cell and were not granted the right to work and only allowed to take a shower twice a week. Furthermore, there was an area of cells where inmates who crossed way over the line were sent and this was known as, “The Hole.” This zone lacked light and was frigid compared to the rest of the prison. Their cells consisted of nothing but a sink and a toilet. In fact, there was a cell at the end of the block known as “The Oriental,” or Strip Cell,” because all it had was a hole in the floor as the toilet and prisoners would usually be naked, given nothing for two days. Moreover, “The Hole,” was noted to be a place where inmates were consistently stripped, beaten and tortured. They were also starved, forced to sleep on the ice cold concrete wearing nothing but light underwear. Inmates who were imprisoned here were only allowed one ten minute shower and an hour of exercise in the yard a week. However, inmates whose behavior was unmanageable were sent to the dungeon in the basement, which was accessible through a hatchway in the floor of the D-block. This basement included several cells and inmates would be locked in their cells chained to the walls. They were only permitted to have a small portion …show more content…
Daily routines would take place to keep a firm hold of the hardened criminals. Prisoners would be woken at 6:30 a.m., fed breakfast by 6:55 a.m. and started their work shifts at 7:30 a.m. If assigned a job, prisoners must accept the job such as Laundry, Tailor Shop, Cobblers Shop, Model Shop etc. Lunch was then served at 11:20 followed by a 30-minute rest and finishing work by 4:16 p.m. After the received dinner at 4:25 p.m. and returned to their cells with lights out by 9:30 p.m. 6 guards would then patrol the inmates til sunrise. For recreational time and family visits, the prisoners had to earn it through their hard work. If the broke and rules or made an effort to cause trouble, punishments included hard labor, wearing a twelve pound ball and chain, and being sent to solitary