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The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
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Fort Alcatraz
United States Army coastal fortification
Fort Alcatraz was a United States Army coastal fortification on Alcatraz Island near the mouth of San Francisco Bay in California, part of the Third System of fixed fortifications, although very different from most other Third System works. Initially completed in 1859, it was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Former island prison in San Francisco Bay
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz or the Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States. The site of a fort since the 1850s, the main prison building…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)