Why Is Alcatraz Obsolete

The Island of cement and bars. Many people see Alcatraz as inescapable, but is it really. If it is then why, why can a normal building that was created by man be that fortified. Alcatraz was “ originally envisioned as a naval defense fortification” the plan was to use this building to protect the harbors from enemy ships (school.eb.com/level/high/article/474403). So as you can imagine a building designed to withstand cannon fire must have some pretty thick skin. This rock of solitude was completely surrounded by freezing water. Although, many believe that it is impossible nobody escaped from alcatraz I am not one of those people. Many had tried to escape, for example Robert Stround AKA The birdman of Alcatraz who in 1909 murdered a bartender who had allegedly failed to pay a prostitute who Stround was pimping in Alaska. This building held the worst people in the United States; therefore, the amount of security that would have been in that prison is more than likely an excessive number. The water surrounding …show more content…
I truly believe no one ever escaped Alcatraz because of the reason stated in this paper. The odds are never in the favor of the people who tried to escape the rock, because you have to escape the guards, then the walls, then the freezing ocean and the waves crashing against you. The prison was shut down because of the cost, it was over three times as much as any other prison, Alcatraz costing $10.10 a day and the next most expensive costing $3.00; therefore, any prison costing that much must be a great prison and not easily escaped. Most prisons are shut down because a lack of control to many escapes and deaths in a prison can cause this. Alcatraz was not one of those prison. Thus the island of cement and bars could never be