Prohibition caused the stop production of alcohol. This lead to people illegally making and selling alcohol to people who wanted it. Although after a while it had to close.
Alcatraz needed the super security to hold super criminals.
The prison was different from other prisons because it held the worst criminals there was. The prison was different from other prisons because normal prisons don't have that much security, but Alcatraz had so much security they wanted no one to escape.
The extra security was needed to make sure the dangerous criminals were under control.
The Prisoners that Alcatraz was holding they were starting to escape. Some of them were shot on site due to trying