About+Alcatraz

=About Alcatraz = Here are some things I learned about Alcatraz from reading //Al Capone Does My Shirts//:

sounded again and again in the handwritten accounts of island life."
 * Alcatraz is 12-acres.
 * You have to walk through a snitch box to get on to the island.
 * People who lived on Alcatraz felt that the island was so safe, most of them didn't even lock their doors. "'All of our bad guys are locked up' is a refrain
 * All of the mail going to the inmates was read thoroughly before being delivered.
 * The inmates had to work while in prison; some doing laundry, darning socks, or shining shoes.

For more information about Alcatraz and its history, click here.

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This is a current satellite view of Alcatraz Island.