Birdman of Alcatraz

In the documentary “Inside Guantánamo,” the filmmakers at National Geographic shot a documentary about one of the most famous prisons in the world, Guantánamo Bay. Guantánamo Bay is a military naval base in Cuba. Guantánamo Bay is an American detention camp that detains insanely dangerous war criminals for interrogative purposes. It is known for its inhumane treatment of prisoners. National Geographic captured the daily life of the struggle between young military personnel and prisoners, many of whom have been released due to wrongful allegation charges. National Geographic did an excellent job of informing its viewers about the wrongdoings that occurred inside Guantánamo. The naval base off the Cuban coast was a legal no-man-land. The property is not owned by anyone. Because the prison is not on US territory, there are no declared set of rules and regulations. On that land, the military can practically do anything. The detainees captured were from Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, England, Somalia, Denmark, Jordan, China, Algeria, Morocco, Pakistan, Spain, Tajikistan, and Russia. They were known to be the worst of the worst arrived in 2002. The George W. Bush Administration states that these detainees have no freedom. They are not war-criminals from a specific nation and they have no regard to the rules of war. Therefore, according to the George W. Bush Administration, they cannot reach due process in American Courts. Everything that occurred inside the prison was…

Alcatraz Do you know what Alcatraz is and was? Well it was a super prison that held the world’s most dangerous criminals in the world. They made it a super prison because the gangsters couldn’t be held in a regular prison, they would take over and bribe other prisoners and guards. In this essay I will tell you more about Alcatraz and where it is now and why it is how it is today. It was a very secured place and no one could get in or out unless the were let in or out. They were super serious…

Alcatraz was a home for the worst people that crime ever knew; that is why it is important to explore the history of Alcatraz, escaped inmates, and the daily routine for these horrendous people known to crime. Alcatraz is located in San Francisco, California on an island. The island where Alcatraz was once housed is equivalent to 1.25 miles long. The island was discovered by a famous Spanish naval officer named Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775, who was the first European who entered the San…

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was one of the most infamous, because of its many dangerous criminals that have called it their home. Alcatraz Island is a small piece of land that is isolated from the great city of San Francisco by a nearly freezing body of water known as San Francisco Bay. From 1934 to 1963 it served, the island was a last for certain criminals such as Al Capone and Robert Stroud (Birdman). Life on the island was very harsh for a criminal with the frigid blowing into the prison…

On the adventure to find my topic to research, I felt like a kid at an all you can eat buffet for the first time, overwhelmed with way too many options to pick. My mother recently was telling me about how I used to be put in time out occasionally for doing things that I considered at the time seemed like a tremendous idea, but apparently not in my mom’s eyes. While sitting in timeout I would always say that this feels like prison, leading myself to the thought of Alcatraz, and how frightening of…

Though Alcatraz was a famous prison, it has an amazing story behind it. With its beautiful gardens to its famous inmates and mysteries, Alcatraz. It inspires people around the world drawing them to the famous prison. Alcatraz has a fascinating history about it’s origin words to how it became a prison. According to The Federal Bureau of Prisons, the word alcatraz comes from the spanish word “Alcatraces” and he word Alcatraz itself means “pelican” or “strange bird”. Alcatraz is the prison for the…

The Archives of Alcatraz In 1775, a spanish explorer named Juan Manuel De Ayala sighted the island of Alcatraz. He named it Isla de los Alcatraces, which translates to Island of the Pelicans because of the birds which call the island home. Juan Manuel de Ayala proceeded on and charted the rest of the San Francisco Bay. In 1848, the U.S. Military realized the island could be used to its tactical advantage. Two years later, president Millard Fillmore issued an executive order designating Alcatraz…

Devil Island The Federal prison known as Alcatraz, is in the chilly waters of California’s San Francisco Bay. It housed some of America’s most difficult and dangerous criminals during the years 1934 to 1963. For over thirty years Alcatraz Island was the main destinations for the nation’s most violent criminals. Criminals like Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Robert Stroud, also known as The birdman of Alcatraz. With ninety guards working round the clock, including the national guard and…

capacity federal prisons. Alcatraz prison was one of the products of this decision, and is possibly the most famous prison in American history. Alcatraz Island is located offshore the San Francisco Bay in California. This penitentiary was home to the nation’s worst criminals such as “Machine Gun” Kelly, Al Capone, Arthur “Doc” Barker, and Alvin Karpis. (Blakely…

How many prisoners escaped the Alcatraz Prison on Alcatraz Island during its nearly 30 years of service? If you ask the government, they will tell you that nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz. But if you believe the movie “Escape From Alcatraz” starring Clint Eastwood, then you will know that the statement is otherwise proven wrong. Alcatraz held some of America's most cruel felons including murderer Robert Stroud, gangster Al Capone, and the “Birdman of Alcatraz”. Of all of the felons that had…