It's hard ta believe it's 45 years since dey closed Da Rock, but it's true. From 1934 until
March 21, 1963, Alcatraz was da toughest prison in da country, and believe me, you didn't wanna get sent
there. Anybody who wuz too tough for da udder graybar hotels got sent out west, where dey learned pretty quick dat da guards
wuz tougher den dey wuz -- an' if dey tried ta pull anyt'ing, dey'd get
t'rown into da Strip Cell,
where dey had to sit naked in da dark on cold concrete until dey cooled off.
A lotta people t'ought dat Da Rock was da cruelest
prison in the system, too; it's only about a mile
from San Francisco, and we could always hear da civilians havin' fun and
carryin' on (New Year's Eve was da woist). Not dat da guys who wuz here wuzn't nice; Machine Gun Kelly
wuz a prince, an' Scarface Al
wuz always good for a laugh -- o' course, he was nuts. (Don't get me started
on dat Stroud
guy, dough; he liked boids, but he hated people.)
As bad as it was den, dough, Alcatraz is a good place ta visit now; youse get a
nice boat trip
an' a view
o' da city
ya can't beat, an' a lotta da time, us former inmates
is dere to tell ya whut life on De Rock wuz really like. Just don't get
caught alone after dark -- some people say da joint's haunted by guys doin' more den a life
sentence.
Suggested Sites...
- National Parks Service: Alcatraz Island - official site of The Rock, with historical,
tourism, and other information.
- Alcatraz History
- history, inmates, images, maps -- it's all here.
- Alcatraz Cruises
- book a trip to The Rock.
- Federal Bureau of Prisons: Alcatraz
- more history, this time from the Feds.
- Ghost Adventures: Alcatraz - as if a former prison weren't creepy enough, Zac, Nick, and Aaron pay a call ...
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