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Alcatraz by:Jose Alcatraz Justice on the Rock By: C.J. Henderson explains about Alcatraz and it’s past present and future.The prohibition ( the alcohol is illegal act) started a crime domino effect of selling alcohol for big bucks. That led to people killing police for they wouldn 't get in trouble ,and that is the reason they made Alcatraz. This very article will explain the history of Alcatraz and why the best super max prison in business had to close. Alcatraz was very different than the other supermax prisons back in the 1930s. First the guards whole family had to move to the rock. For their families weren 't endangered by the criminals. Furthermore, they watched every move of the prisoners with cameras,so the prisoners won’t get …show more content…

Some people started questioning Alcatraz’s safety but why? First, prisoner started to try to escape from Alcatraz, and then people were worried they couldn’t hold dangerous people. On one of the escapement the prisoners gained control over the guards and ,so people also started wondering about their safety if the rock was out of control. Also, it was not safe to hold prisoners ,because they had to replace bars and other defense places. So it was worried the bars wasn’t high tech enough. So, people thought Alcatraz was not safe to hold prisoners. Finally, the big mystery; why did Alcatraz close? It was too expensive for Alcatraz to be run since it was on a island. They had to pay to ship the kids of the guards to school ,and they also had to ship food over to feed prisoners and guards. So, those boats gas was super expensive. Lastly, there was no use for Alcatraz anymore due to they lifted the prohibition act ,and there wasn 't as much murders as there was before due to the lift of the prohibition act. That was why Alcatraz had to close
Alcatraz was a one of a kind super max prison that had to close. It had it’s up 's and downs as a prison but it always found a way to keep prisoners out of trouble. Now it is a tourist attraction raking in big money

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