Have you ever wondered what the worst prison would be like. Alcatraz was the worst prison ever it had the most baddest criminals ever. Alcatraz was nicknamed "the rock" because it was out in the middle of San Francisco Bay. It was also thought that no one could escape the prison because of all the dangers. Alcatraz opened on August 11, 1934 and closed on March 21, 1963. Alcatraz had some of the worst criminals some of the key moments were when Al Capone the worst bad guy came to Alcatraz, it also effects the people today because they see how bad it was for the prisoners to escape and have to stay there.
During Alcatraz over thousands of people went to Alcatraz. On of the first people to go to Alcatraz was Al Capone the most wanted criminals. Al Capone was the most dangerous criminal back then. He killed his first person when he was 15 years old. Later on he sold bad stuff and he then got caught and went to prison. After he was finished with his prison sentence he killed another person. A couple years later he went back to jail and then Alcatraz was made and they decided to send him there because he was to bad to be in jail. Al Capone died on January 25, 1947 in Miami. One of Al Capone's most famous quote was "You can get…show more content… A lot of people think Alcatraz closed because Morris and Angalins died. Morris and Angalins were really famous news reporters who died trying to cross the San Francisco Bay in a raft made of raincoats. In fact Alcatraz decided they were going to close years before Morris and Angalins died. Alcatraz was only opened for 29 years. For over 10 years over 100 people worked on fixing Alcatraz. After they fixed up Alcatraz the National Park of California decided to take Alcatraz and turn it into a National Park. They also added Alcatraz into part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area for tourists to visit and see what Alcatraz was like for all of those
