Alcatraz Reflection Should these men have been punished because of their actions in support of their beliefs. I think these prisoners were strong in their beliefs and should not be punished because everyone should have their freedom of speech and should have been able to believe in what they believe is right. Well my first prisoner I will talk about is Philip Grosser and he is one of the guys I was saying that believe in something and will keep believing it no matter what. Philip Grosser was a good man and he believed that there was no need for guns or war he was an anti-militarist he had been sent to prison camps in the first world war after he refused to join the army and from prison camp to prison camp he had landed on alcatraz on June
Bonnie and Clyde were two of the most notorious bank robbers known to the day. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was born on Oct 1, 1910 in Rowena, Texas. She was the second of three children and dealt with the death of her father at age four. Bonnie’s mother quickly packed things up and headed for Dallas, Texas. Bonnie loved writing poems and was really able to express herself.
On April 21st, 1930, Ohio State Penitentiary, which was built in Ohio’s capital, Columbus, in 1834, caught fire and killed hundreds of inmates. When returning for the night, they discovered that a fire was started within cell blocks G and H. It was only after the fire had been doused, that everyone had realized that the scaffolding, on the outside walls of those cell blocks, was what had caught fire. At the time, the prison was known for its poor conditions. The prison was only meant to hold 1,500 people, but at the time of the fire, it was housing 4,300 inmates. This disaster goes down in history as the worst fire at any prison in the United States.
Bonnie and Clyde met January, 1930, in Texas. At this time, Bonnie Parker was 19 years old, and Clyde Barrow was 21. There is multiple stories of Bonnie and Clyde 's first meeting, but the most credible tells that Bonnie Parker met Clyde Barrow at the home of Clyde 's friend Clarence Clay in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of West Dallas. Clyde dropped by the house while Bonnie was cooking hot chocolate in the kitchen. Soon after they met, he was arrested for burglary and was sent to jail.
Bonnie and Clyde were people just trying to get through the great depression just like everyone else, even though they handled it differently. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow met, became extremely attached to each other, and they went on an almost two year long crime spree, killing many innocent civilians, and they died in a horrific manner. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was not always a trouble maker. Before she met Clyde, she lived a pretty normal life to some degree. Bonnie was born on October 1, 1910, in Rowena, Texas (Philips 8).
Alcatraz, a famous prison built in 1934, was a 22 acre island. Alcatraz held more famous prisoners like Al Capone, Bernard Coy, Sam Shockley, and many more.the first 7 prisoners at the yuma territorial prison stayed in cells that they had built
I am going to write an essay about the “Super Prison”, Alcatraz. As you may know, the government made a prohibition to ban all alcohol. That didn’t workout so well for the rest of the world. The gangsters and the thieves and all of the other bad guys, either started making the crops to make alcohol, or they bought it from other places/countries. They became unstoppable, and everybody was afraid of them.
In the article “Escape From Alcatraz” by Deborah Hopkinson, she describes Alcatraz as a tough and fear-inducing prison by explaining the precautions took to keep prisoners locked up and describing the rough punishments. On page 8, the author gave us an example of a precaution by stating, “Cell blocks were turned into fortresses meant to hold those who had tried- and sometimes managed- to break out of other prisons.” This shows how the government had to take extra steps to make sure this prison was inescapable. The author then talks about what were to happen if one broke the rules by writing, “Men who broke the rules faced harsh punishment, the most feared of which was solitary confinement” (page 9). This quote shows that even these powerful
Jesse James was the middle child of four siblings and was born in Clay County, Missouri, in the nineteenth century. Jesse was a wild child growing up, and he and his brother Frank enlisted as Confederate soldiers to fight in Missouri against the Union and its allies during the Civil War. After the war, he and his brother kept up their criminal lifestyle, and they were known for their brutal attacks and techniques. He developed a reputation as a notorious American bandit by robbing banks, stagecoaches, and railroads across the country. The "James-Younger Gang," which Jesse and his brother eventually expanded and created, rose to become one of the most infamous gangs of the era.
Imagine smuggling illegal alcohol into the U.S. During the prohibition era being paranoid. Bootlegging during the prohibition era is when people would illegally traffic alcohol for sale or transportation. Prohibition ended the legal sale of alcohol which then the eighteenth amendment came into place to prohibit it. The prohibition era brought bootlegging more crime for the u.s and more and more people were drinking than before because of bootlegging (“bootlegger”4).
Alcatraz was constructed to house the most dangerous criminals of the nation in a facility deemed to be inescapable. The events of May 2nd, 1946 proved that the prison wasn't as advanced and escape proof as rumored to be and staff never expected an escape to be possible, thus lowering their guard and allowing this battle to escalate farther than it should have. In the wake of the tragic conflict, fourteen guards and one inmate were left injured, while two correctional officers and three inmates lay dead after being shot. Of the three remaining escapees, Thompson and Shockley were later executed together in the Gas Chamber for their role in the murder of Officer Miller, and Carnes, the youngest inmate to ever be sent to Alcatraz was spared from execution due to his age but received an additional 99-year sentence. None dared try to escape from Alcatraz for the next ten
Most of the most famous criminals lived there in alcatraz cells ( video 2). Frank Lee Morris, John, and Clarence Anglin attempt to escape. The question most people have is, did they survive? There are evidence to how they did, and how they did not. Most of the evidence leads to them succeeding to escape but failing to survive.
William John Swainson was a British conchologist, malacologist, entomologist, and last but not least an artist. William was born into a family of boys; he was the eldest and was the last to die. Being born in St. Mary Newington, London near the home of the Linnaean society impacted his interest in natural history. He was closely affiliated with the society because his father had been a member. William’s mother was never around, but a very influential figure in Williams life was his cousin a botanist named Isaac Swainson.
Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone was an american gangster who lived from 1899-1947. His father was Gabriel Capone, and his mother was Teresa Capone. They were Italian, and immigrated to USA in 1893.
Alcatraz is on an island 1.25 miles off the coast of San Francisco, California. Alcatraz is a prison that held the most obnoxious prisoners around. The maximum high - security prison was made for prisoners that constantly made trouble in other prisons, or for the people who needed to be in maximum high- security, away from land because they had once escaped before. It was the biggest and strongest prison in all of America. Before the prison became a prison there was a building made in 1850 but it was never used, it wasn’t used for anything.
