Today's History, March 21, 1963: Prisons Are Closed By The US Government

Your own prison, known as one of the most creepy prisons in the world. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA History today, 61 years ago, March 21, 1963, the Government of the United States (US) closed the prison. The closure was carried out because of the constant swelling of operational costs. All because of all kinds of needs cyclists to prisoners - were taken by ship.

Sebelumnya,menjadi salah satu penjara paling menyakit di dunia. Prison dengan keamanan ketat itu dioperasikan khusus menampung penjalin kelas tinggi seperti pembangng Mafia Al telesung. Tujuannya supaya sulit kabur.

The archipelago in the middle of San Francisco Bay once had a long history before becoming a prison. At first, the island was once dubbed the Isla de los Alcatraces (Pelikan Island). The nickname Pelikan Island reasoned. This is because many complicated birds live on the island d of the 1770s era.

The US government is attracted. The power of attorney couldn't see the island empty. They then had the idea of building a defense fort on My Island in 1850. The fort was made specifically to accommodate military reserves for war needs.

Buildings were also established. Military prisons, let alone. Cannons are placed in all corners. In fact, it reaches 100 cannons. How come it turns into a promising fort. However, the fate of death into a defense stronghold was not continued by the US government.

The US government seems to have other ideas for developing dies. The rest of the military prison building was then used for federal prisons. All kinds of facilities like prisons with high security levels were built.

Ulam-loved pubic arrived. Your PRISON functioned in 1934. Prisons in the middle of the ocean were able to accommodate up to 450 inmates. Moreover, then the US government chose death as a prison to accommodate the most dangerous prisoners in the US such as Al totaled.

The designation is because Prisons choose qualified security. Alias, matters related to the plan to escape prisoners can be dealt with immediately. Even though not a few of them tried to escape. However, his fate is unknown.

The most known escape attempt occurred in 1946. Prisoners took advantage of the situation of confrontation between detainees and guards. However, those who tried to escape were unknown.

However, from May 2 to May 4, 1946, half a dozen inmates participated in the attempt to escape. They took advantage of the riots. The incident was known as the Battle ofTEN. The 48-hour incident began when the prisoners beat the guards and obtained firearms and cell blocks keys.

Frustration as the door was locked, prisoners opened fire at each other with the remaining guards, and order only recovered when US Marines stormed the cell block under the rain of grenades and rifle fire. Two guards and three inmates were killed, and more than a dozen guards were injured in the shootout. Some inmates managed to escape the island. Whether they survived the bay current is unknown, "is written on the Britannica page.

The extension of Your Prison as one of the most frightening prisons in the world then faded. The problem is not that prison security is starting to get out of order. Everything is because operational costs to move your prison are too expensive.

The cost is considered more expensive if it continues to be spent by the government. Instead of forcing the PRISON to continue to be used, the US government chose other options. The owner is better off building new prison facilities than running amen.

The decision made Prisonhit officially closed on March 21, 1963. The government is also advised to build something that has high economic value such as gambling in fire. The decision was taken, the former Prison chain was actually used as a tourist destination.

Periodicly, people suggest turning it into a gambling casino or housing building. Or building a kind of Western Coast Liberty Statue there in the form of a statue of the city's protector squad, St. Francis.

"Then, last year, responsibility for the grass, trees, weeds, and ruins covering an area of 22.5 hectares in the middle of San Francisco Bay was handed over to the National Park Service to be packaged as San Francisco's popular tourist destination," explainedkoli Fosburgh in his writing in The New York Times newspaper entitled Alcatraz, Now Empty, Silent and Desolate, Is Opened to the Public (1973).