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Alcatraz (“The Rock”) was one of the most successful / Famous supermax prison . Alcatraz was one and one half miles away from any other land , and the water surrounding it was very cold (54 Degrees celsius)
Some of Alcatraz’s most famous prisoners were
Al capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, Robert Stroud “ The birdman of Alcatraz”, Roy Gardner, Henri Young, James “Whitey” Bulger, and Mickey Cohen .
Alcatraz had many guards like Aaron Lasky, Dacet Simpson, David O’connor, and many more. Alcatraz had a 1-3 inmate ratio, 1 guard per 3 inmates. There 1,576 inmates at alcatraz and 525 guards, but someone said there might have been 1557 inmates.No inmate ever successfully escaped The Rock, as the prison was nicknamed, although more than a dozen
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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

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Once they were in that cage they were not tolerated to have contact with anyone whatsoever and no other meal but bread and water. In the dark cell room the prisoners were also stripped down to their underwear and sometimes the prison guards would throw snakes into the cage. A punishment that a prison would extort them if they tried to escape is being changed to the ground outside of the wall, not being able to move or have any contact with other prisoners. There were never any executions at the prison, but there were about 111 people that died there serving time at the prison. Most of the bodies that were at the prison that had died at the prison were due at the back.

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How is the Yuma Territorial prison significant to the city of Yuma? How is the Yuma Territorial Prison significant to the Southwest region of the United States? Well, the Territorial Prison is significant to the city of Yuma and the Southwest region because the prison was the one thing that helped start to develop the houses and population of yuma. Also, the prison had helped influence and build some of the buildings in Yuma. After the prison closed down in 1909 it became a temporary school after a prison and after it was a school it became a museum which brought more people to yuma, like tourist because they wanted to see the prison.

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The Yuma Territorial Prison opened in 1875, but the first prisoners were not moved to the prison, in till 1876. Over three thousand prisoners sentences were served during the thirty three years the prison was operational. Yuma Territorial Prison was perceived throughout its many different roles as a luxury for the community of Yuma, Arizona. The community of Yuma,Arizona might think this because of the many benefits the prison gave the inmates and the town people .The prison also played many different roles other than just being a prison.

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The prison increased the population by 11.3% for yuma and it had brought the very first library. The construction process of the prison was by the prisoners themselves and they entered the cells they made on July 1, 1876. The rules of the punishment now don't seem as bad as how they were before, the dark cell was given to the prison who stole, disobeyed orders and talked back and refused to do anything, the dark cell was a 15 by 15 feet hole in a solid mound and very little sunlight entered through the top and prisoners that entered must be stripped to their underwear and sit their for a couple of days maybe weeks; They were cut off to all other prisoners and sometimes,according to the cell mates and ex-prisoners guarded would throw snakes and scorpions down the hole; many called it a snake den. After the prison closed it was used as a high school and also a hospital, at times other schools would make fun of the yuma high school and call them crim’s or criminals and ever since the name has stuck with them. The hospital was used then burned down years later but the prison itself was torn apart during the great depression because people scavenged for parts and within five years the whole prison wall was gone.

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As we look at supermax prisons they are used to house many violent offenders to mainly keep them away from all other prisoners in solitary confinement like cells for a long period of time and most of them will never be released.   The main issue that Schmalleger and Smykla describe is the fact of a mental illness starting due to supermax confinement and where none previously existed in the past (2015).   The issue with that is it could get them out of a supermax prison, which I believe that is completely ridiculous because they were already crazy enough to commit the crime they did to get in there.   The other ways it does effect the person in prison is that it could lead to a bunch of different symptoms and possibly even suicide from being confined

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