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Alcatraz
August 16, 2012 1:07 PM
Photos by Carla Babb and Ryan Newell
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Stroud spent his last six years on the island in this room.
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Three inmates used spoons to chisel through the brick wall of their cell during the escape of June 1962. They placed papier-mached heads on their beds and fake air vent covers to keep the guards from discovering the holes.
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Every turn at Alcatraz reveals layers of its history; the 8-foot-thick wall in the forefront is part of the fort built in the 1800's, and the prison cell house walls to the left.
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The warden's quarters at Alcatraz, which burned in a fire during the American Indian occupation in 1970.
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