Alcatraz Cell Block - San Francisco

Alcatraz Prison Cell Block - Broadway - San Francisco, United States. This is the cell block known as Broadway at Alcatraz, named due to the amount of traffic that it saw.

Alcatraz opened as a civilian prison in 1934 and was closed in 1963. It housed some of America's most famous criminals including Al Capone. It is now a major tourist site in the United States.

Alcatraz - The Rock, San Francisco

Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay, California, United States. Alcatraz has had a number of uses during its life. It started as a lighthouse island, moving to become a military fortification, followed by a military prison. But Alcatraz's most famous use was as a civilian prison which housed some of America's most famous criminals. The civilian prison of Alcatraz, opened in 1934 and was closed in 1963 by Robert F. Kennedy. At most it could accommodate 300 people, and was often full.

Officially, no prisoner ever successfully escaped from Alcatraz, although there is still speculation that 3 inmates, Frank Morris, and brothers John Anglin and Clarence Anglin escaped in 1962. The official line is that they all drowned.

Some of the most famous prisoners to stay at Alcatraz were Robert Stroud, Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly.