Directory of Alcatraz Resources

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Alcatraz Island is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. It was formerly used as a military stockade and later as a maximum security prison. Today, the island is a historic site supervised by the National Park Service as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and is open to tours. Visitors can reach the island by ferry ride from Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. It is listed as a National Historic Landmark. Its name comes from the Spanish word for gannet.

Resources in This Category

• A Brief History of Alcatraz

  http://www.bop.gov/about/history/alcatraz.jsp
  Describes before the prison was built, the rock, birdman, escape attempts, and the closure of the facility. Compiled by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

• Alcatraz After Dark

  http://www.eljay.org/alcatraz
  A set of photos from a trip to Alcatraz at night.

• Alcatraz Island

  http://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm
  Official site of the former federal prison, military fortification, lighthouse, and site of a 1969-1972 Native American occupation.

• AlcatrazHistory.com

  http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/
  A history of the prison including famous inmates, rules and regulations, and escape attempts.

• FBI Freedom of Information Act: Alcatraz Escape

  https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape
  An article on the 1962 escape of three prisoners. With photographs of their cells.

• Post at Alcatraz Island

  http://www.militarymuseum.org/Alcatraz.html
  History as a US military post.

• Warden Johnston's Alcatraz: 1933 to 1948

  http://www.notfrisco2.com/alcatraz/
  Includes timeline, convict biographies, historic documents, maps, official statistics, and photographs.

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