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Case 67: The Battle of Alcatraz

18/11/2017
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Case 67: The Battle of Alcatraz description

Alcatraz Prison was the solution to America’s overwhelming crime problem. It didn’t aim to rehabilitate like other prisons. It aimed to punish. The worst-of-the-worst inmates of all the other prisons across America were shipped to Alcatraz, inmates who were deemed unmanageable for traditional penitentiaries.
San Francisco residents were wary of having a prison crowded with the most dangerous criminals in America located in the heart of their harbour. Alcatraz Prison operators assured them that their one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art island prison was completely escape-proof. The prison was fitted with an abundance of safeguards to keep prisoners in.
But it didn’t stop some inmates from trying to get out...

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Researched and written by Milly Raso

MUSIC
1. ‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com
2. All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

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RESOURCES
Warning – Contains spoilers

BOOKS:
Alcatraz: A History of the Penitentiary Years – Michael Esslinger
Alcatraz: The Gangster Years – David Ward

ARTICLES:
1946 Alcatraz Escape Attempt Led by Library Orderly from Kentucky – University of Kentucky
Battle of Alcatraz: One inmate’s story of how the jail guards tried to kill prisoners – Mirror

ARCHIVES:
Alcatraz History

IMAGES:
Map of Alcatraz Prison

VIDEOS:
The Big House: Alcatraz

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