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How long?
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Alcatraz was opened as
a federal penitentiary in the spring of 1934.
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In the era of the gangster...
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...it was opened more for
the publicity value than the incarceration.
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Alcatraz was the most feared prison
in the world...
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...and the most expensive.
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There were only so many Al Capones
and Machine Gun Kellys...
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...so the prison had empty cells.
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To justify the costs, the government took
incorrigibles from other prisons...
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...men that had committed smaller,
more petty crimes...
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...men like Henri Young.
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''Our Father who art in heaven.
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''Hallowing be Thy name.''
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Prior to 1938, there had been
five escape attempts.
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No one had made it.
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The reputation of Alcatraz as being
unescapable was secure.
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Six inmates had died.
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The ones who didn't die
sometimes wished they had.
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The federal guideline regarding
solitary confinement states...
:05:40
...that the maximum stay for an inmate
shall not exceed 19 days.
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''Our Father who art in heaven.
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''Hallowed be Thy name.