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2. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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   United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz ( English: / ˈælkəˌtræz /, Spanish: [ a l k a ˈ t ɾ a s] "the gannet ") or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States. The site of a fort since the 1850s, the ...

3. Alcatraz Island - Wikipedia

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   Alcatraz Island ( / ˈælkəˌtræz /) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. [1] The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison. In 1934, the island was converted into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal ...

4. Alcatraz East - Wikipedia

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   Alcatraz East. Coordinates: 35.8016°N 83.5715°W. Outside of Alcatraz East Crime Museum. The building is modeled to look like a 19th-century prison. Alcatraz East is a privately owned for-profit crime museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. [1] Opened in 2016, it was formerly operated as the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington, D ...

5. Alcatraz Island in popular culture - Wikipedia

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   Alkatraz, a Welsh rock band including former members of Quicksand. Alcatrazz, a former American Heavy Metal band (1983–1987), notable for launching the careers of famed guitarists Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen; "Island in the Sun" (1983), the band's debut single, makes multiple lyrical references to Alcatraz Island.

6. Alcatraz Island Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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   June 23, 1976. Alcatraz Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse —the first one built on the U.S. West Coast —located on Alcatraz Island in California 's San Francisco Bay. [4] It is located at the southern end of the island near the entrance to the prison. [5] The first light house on the island was completed in 1854, and served the bay during ...

7. List of inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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   Al Capone Bernard Coy Sam Shockley Frank Morris Clarence Anglin William G Baker. This is a list of notable inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.An inmate register reveals that there were 1576 prisoners in total which were held at Alcatraz during its time as a Federal Penitentiary, between 1934 and 1963, although figures reported have varied and some have stated it to be 1557.