Classified as a concentration model, where difficult-to-manage prisoners from other institutions would be concentrated under one roof, Alcatraz served as an experiment. Prisoners were given four basic things - food, clothing, shelter and medical care. Anyhing else was earned.
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- Alcatraz Federal Prison Alcatraz Island
- Alcatraz Federal PrisonAlcatraz Federal Prison
- Alcatraz CellhouseAlcatraz Cellhouse
- Cell InteriorCell Interior
- Factory WorkFactory Work at Alcatraz
- 1962 Prison Breakout
- Alcatraz BlastoutAlcatraz Blastout
- First Mess HallFirst Mess Hall
- Allen Clayton West's Fake HeadAllen Clayton West's Fake Head
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