Alcatraz - Cell 2
Looking through the bars into one of the cells in Alactraz, which has been made up to look like it would have done when it was occupied.
Alcatraz, most famous as a federal penitentiary in the early 20 century and home to such prisoners as Al Capone and the Birdman of Alcatraz sits out in the middle of San Francisco Bay.
Now a National Park, the prison buildings on ‘The Rock’ are open to the public, who can take a ferry trip to the island from San Francisco itself.
The island was first used as a military base and then an army prison before the feds took it over and made it famous. No-one ever successfully escaped the prison there – or so they think! – and it’s easy to see why with the freezing, swirling currents of the bay around it.
The jail was closed in 1963 and is now a huge tourist attraction, and rightly so. It’s amazing to wander round the cell blocks and the exercise yard, especially if you get there on the first boat and there aren’t as many people roundabout taking up all the space!
Alcatraz - Cell 2
Looking through the bars into one of the cells in Alactraz, which has been made up to look like it would have done when it was occupied.
Alcatraz, most famous as a federal penitentiary in the early 20 century and home to such prisoners as Al Capone and the Birdman of Alcatraz sits out in the middle of San Francisco Bay.
Now a National Park, the prison buildings on ‘The Rock’ are open to the public, who can take a ferry trip to the island from San Francisco itself.
The island was first used as a military base and then an army prison before the feds took it over and made it famous. No-one ever successfully escaped the prison there – or so they think! – and it’s easy to see why with the freezing, swirling currents of the bay around it.
The jail was closed in 1963 and is now a huge tourist attraction, and rightly so. It’s amazing to wander round the cell blocks and the exercise yard, especially if you get there on the first boat and there aren’t as many people roundabout taking up all the space!