What Is Alcatraz

Alcatraz

Alcatraz island also known as “The Rock”, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco bay California United States, surrounded by the Pacific. I t was discover by John Manuel de Ayala in 1775 and named this island with the name of Island of Alcatraz. The Department of Justice decided to buy the island and in 1934 step part of the federal Bureau of Prisons. The prison was in operation only 29 years, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons had 1545 prison inmates.
Considered as a strong, military maximum security prison, that years later of its opening would become maximum security prison. Here were only those considered dangerous to society of the years 1934 to 1963, located in the bay of San Francisco in California,
This was in 1962, when three inmates will become the only people who would achieve escape from prison. During the 30 years he was running, Alcatraz prison presumed to be the safest in the world. During that time, more than thirty inmates tried to escape from the island without any success. It was not until June 12, 1962, the day that John, Clarence and Frank Morris brothers managed what seemed impossible: escape from Alcatraz. They were in this prison for crimes such as robbing banks, ended up in Alcatraz in the early 60s after trying to escape from other prisons. To get away from the small island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the three prisoners made use of a great wit, as recalls the web “Diario las Americas.” “For months, Morris, the Anglin brothers and a fourth inmate who finally did not take part in the flight used spoons and forks stolen dining to dig a hole in the masonry surrounding the air vents in their cells. After holing a wall of 16.5 centimeters wide they were able to escape through the ventilation system.” Even to this day, the greatest difficulty to escape the island is through the distance that separates it from the coast, about three kilometers from icy waters and strong currents. To save this way they produced a raft and life jackets with various waterproof cotton used by the prisoners themselves it took them months to carry out his plan. Alcatraz was reserved for military use under President Millard Fillmore in 1850, the reason was to protect the gold that was in those days. The US Army He built a fortress on the rocky face of Alcatraz. They installed more than 100 guns, so was the armed Alcatraz entity on the West Coast. Once already fully equipped with weaponry in 1859, the island was considered the fortress of Alcatraz. As I never shot their own weapons in combat, Fort Alcatraz evolved quickly and went from being an island on an island defense of detention. In the 1860s,