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Alcatraz: A Prison For The Worst People
Alcatraz is a prison for the worst people. Alcatraz is a prison on a island in the middle of san fisctso calaforna bay. The most bad prisoners go there. The worst people of the prison go to D-block. Some of the prisoners took a lot of guards hostage. Alcatraz was a super max prison so, no one can escape and if they do they do they can't swim that far and they will drown if they give out. The water is too deep to swim back up. The dining hall was not that big it can't hold a lot of people. Most of the prisoners tried to dig a hole in there cell and out get out of Alcatraz.

Alcatraz was a high-security jail Alcatraz is used for the badest people in america . most of the bad people from san francisco go to Alcatraz. They made Alcatraz because

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