Things you don't know about Alcatraz ✨️
1. Alcatraz Island Was Built as a Fort
Although Alcatraz Prison is one of the most infamous prisons in the world, it wasn’t originally built as a prison. President Millard Fillmore declared it a military reservation in 1850. It only transitioned into a military prison in 1907 and joined the Bureau of Prisons in 1933.
2. There Was No Death Row at Alcatraz Prison
During its time as a prison, Alcatraz had no facilities for execution and never put any of its prisoners to death, although some Alcatraz inmates did die there. Prisoner violence was a big problem, which meant that some prisoners did die at the hands of others, while some committed suicide.
3. No Prisoner Officially Escaped
One of the most questioned Alcatraz facts is regarding prisoner escape stories. Contrary to popular belief, there are no confirmed reports of prisoners escaping from Alcatraz during its tenure as a high-security prison. Some military prisoners did walk away when it was a military post, but it remained unbreached after becoming a prison.
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