The Alcatraz Island in San Francisco: the history of the most horrible prison

In 1996, the Hollywood movie "the rock" in the world who won $340000000 at the box office. The prison theme action thriller, the source material is the legendarySan FranciscoAlcatraz IslandPrison.

Alcatraz Island, formerly known as the pelican IslandThe United States of AmericaCalifornia Central San Francisco bay. Although only within the city of San Francisco and remote, but the island was jagged rocks and it by the sea. Because of the special geographical environment, in 1934, the island was the federal government is set to the prison, until 1963 was closed because of unable to maintain spending. During this period, almost all American history the most notorious felons, all in prison under the pelican island. This is the origin of the name "Alcatraz Island".

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As the heavily-guarded prison after Alcatraz Island, cliff water lurks in the innumerable cruel tiger. Alcatraz Island prison in existence 29 years, recorded a total of 36 people escape events, but most of them were captured and brought back, and another 5 people one's whereabouts is a mystery. They all died, officials suspect rushing cold seawater. However, there are still people who successfully from the Alcatraz Island jail in and out of the body, such as the Mafia Godfather Al Capone and Communists Fu Lei......

Alcatraz Island

The Mafia treatment

After 7 months of detention basin wash

In fact, today's Alcatraz Island prison has become aTravelingAttractions, when you follow the signs from the ramp up, drilling a brick of the moss covered tunnel, you can come to the cell area (Cell House). Narrow cells along the corridor lined up, next to each other...... You can feel the loss of life, the taste of freedom in the middle of an iron bar and three walls. These gloomy prison, most visitors interested in, is to search for Al Carbon once lived there.

Known as the "Scarface" said the Mafia Godfather Al Capone, absolutely is the Alcatraz Island prison.

Nineteen thirties, fromItalyThe Kabala isChicagoThe most notorious repute of the Mafia godfather. Famous gangster film series "Godfather" that he was the prototype of adaptation. Commit innumerable murders of Al Capone, control of the entire city of Chicago, bootleg liquor brewing trafficking and drug business, has two bars, known as the "underground mayor of Chicago". His life credo is: a good mouth skin, like a broken spear head. Therefore, he always carry a colt brand revolver.

He was arrested in a dramatic, he is not in a police ambush, but because a parking was stopped by the traffic police, traffic police searched from him the Colt Pistol, with illegal armed crimes will cast him into prison. Al Capone in jail immediately caused chaos gangs in Chicago, countless gangsters are attempting to break...... Finally, the United States government had sent him to prison surrounded by a sea of Alcatraz Island.