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    An Essay About Alcatraz

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    The Alcatraz By: Tom There is a quote saying, “ Break the rules and you go to prison, break the prison rules and you go to Alcatraz”? It is about the prison Alcatraz! It is the place where the convicts of the century were prisoned, like Al Capone, Birdman, Machinegun Kelly, and others. In the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Alcatraz is featured in a downloadable zombie survival map called "Mob of the Dead"(10 fascinating facts about Alcatraz 7) . It might be interesting to know about history

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    * Alcatraz Informative Speech Outline General Purpose: To inform the class Specific Purpose: To describe to the audience a brief history of Alcatraz. Thesis: Alcatraz has been a popular social topic because of the mystery that surrounds it and the stories exaggerated in movies and television shows. INTRODUCTION I. If you disobey the rules of society, they send you to prison; if you disobey the rules of the prison, they send you to Alcatraz. II. Alcatraz has been a popular social topic

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    Alcatraz was a prison in San Francisco Bay.In that prison, there were criminals from Al “Scarface“ Capone to Robert Strout, but within that prison was Clarence and John Anglin who was a bank robber with a toy gun. They were in there because they tried to escape so many times that they went to a prison that was “ inescapable“. With them was Frank Morris who was in there for many charges from narcotic possession to traffic tickets, but they became friends and escaped the prison into San Francisco Bay

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    the crazy and really violent ones were taken to Alcatraz.There were no reported escapes of Alcatraz, but many unknown cases of possible escapes where they may have also drowned. The birdman of Alcatraz for example was one of the very crazy prisoners. he was a murderer, but once he went to Alcatraz he studied birds. A lot of people do not know anything about Alcatraz or even what Alcatraz was. Alcatraz was a high-security prison. guards stayed at apartments on the island , usually with their

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    the most secured Federal Prisons, Alcatraz. Located on an island in San Francisco, California, inmates that were considered the most dangerous were transferred here to complete their sentence. Alcatraz from Inside is an autobiography by Jim Quillen that focuses on his experiences while imprisoned in Alcatraz including his perspective of the well known “Battle of Alcatraz”. Jim Quillen was born in San Francisco, California in 1919. Quillen was transferred to Alcatraz in 1942 released in 1952 and is

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    While you may have heard of, “The Birdman of Alcatraz,” aka Robert Stroud, another popular Alcatraz inmate. He was probably the most famous inmate to reside on Alcatraz. In 1909, Stroud brutally murdered a bartender when he failed to pay the girl Stroud was pimping for. He shot the bartender to death and took the wallet for the prostitute. Stroud was convicted of manslaughter and sent to McNeil Island in 1911. At McNeil Island, he was noted to be violent and difficult to manage. Robert Stroud

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    Escape from Alcatraz ` On that night of June 1962 the Anglin brothers Clarence and John and, Frank Morris. It’s pretty obvious that that the famous Alcatraz escapees survived. There may be some persuasive arguments against that but, by looking through the evidence it seemed the fact that they survived out weighed the fact they died. The prison they may have escaped from is a lone island on the San Francisco bay. Surrounded by the freezing cold water chances of a swim escape was very slim the 50

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    Arguments Of Alcatraz

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    of all of the most dangerous occupants of Alcatraz only 3 have succeeded in breaking out? Those three were Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, and John Anglin. They escaped, but no one knows if they survived. They survived after breaking out of Alcatraz. There is evidence that the currents could have helped them, they were pretty prepared, and people have seen them. First of all, the currents could have helped them get to land after getting off of Alcatraz Island. The MythBusters proved that you don’t

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    The History of Alcatraz

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    Life on Alcatraz Prison was not as bad as the people described it to be. For the prisoners Living on Alcatraz was similar to life on other American penitentiaries of the era. It wasn’t the brutal hellhole many movies made it look like it was. Each prisoner swept his cell clean, dressed, and then stood ready for head count. Then all marches to the mess hall for break feast before moving on to work out in the docks in the laundry area, or out in any of the other buildings in the island. The food on

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    Men Who Were Sent to Alcatraz Essay

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    Alcatraz began in 1850 as a military prison. Later it became a federal prison. Then on the verge of 30 years it was closed. Then for a while Indians used the island. Alcatraz was used to house the criminals who provoked problems at other jails. The island was located off the coast of California. The island has had many uses over a span of 122 years. Alcatraz was first used as a Military prison. They used it as a Military prison from 1850 to 1934. In 1934 it was changed to a federal prison

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