Alcatraz Prison Inmates: Life Behind Bars 

I visited Alcatraz 2 years ago. It’s much smaller than you think it is. There’s only one building which is the actual prison. I spent a few mins in the solitary confinement cells and it’s so dark I felt going a lil fidgety after 5 mins

Prisoners: Alcatraz is a whole nightmare Al Capone: *First time?*

I love all the crime videos you guys do always interesting to watch

January 2020 is when I went to Alcatraz. Flew my mom out to California for her 70th birthday and we also went to Lake Tahoe, Muir woods, Pier 39 for dinner overlooking San Francisco bay, Stitton beach, California state railroad museum in Sacramento and Yosemite national park. Plus she reconnected with two brothers and met 3 nieces and a great niece.

Alcatraz was considered shockingly cruel and inhumane in its day, and yet it sounds like a 5 star resort compared to California's prison system of the early 21st Century.

Could you imagine how bad it would be if you couldn't talk for days and your alone? Lock yourself in your room without a phone, computer or other things inmates can't have just for an hour. It won't be the same because you know you can leave anytime or you can count down to an hour. It would be like being locked in there until someone says you can leave so you have no idea.

Having done some time in our current prison situation a few years back, I personally would have probably enjoyed the silence. The one thing that drove me most nuts about prison was the loud idiotic noise.

putting ppl in solidarity should be a extreme measure

Glad to see you doing something other than WW3 scenarios

I'd rather be dead than get solitary confinement for life

My father "escaped" from Alcatraz every year sans wetsuit. So do hundreds of others - all one needs is a bit of swimming experience. It's actually not a particularly hard swim. They used to tell prisoners the waters were shark infested (that's what "Tiburon" means), but there are no predators in the Bay. There are no white sharks in the Bay. And no, while some of the swimmers do wear wetsuits, you can't place if you wear one. Most swimmers don't.

Alcatraz is like the death penalty without the execution

Imagine having so many budget cuts that some of your rooms don’t have toilets and lots of prisoners were fed moldy bread and STILL not having enough money to keep it open

Love these vids keep them going 😁

I went to Alcatraz. It so crazy. And sorta horrifying. I couldn’t imagine staying there. I remember learning the lunch room was the most dangerous because they were given spoons, forks and knives,

7:56 Morgan Freeman owes this guy big time for his "well-mannered prisoner with animal friends" character.

I escaped Alcatraz by building a plane with a shirt that later crashed at pack a punch

Over the years I have watched or read stories about Alcatraz. It is hard to tell how much is fact or fiction. But there is no denying it must have been a terrible place to be. What prison is a good place to stay? Most of those that served time in Alcatraz lived a hard life before they got there. They were better conditioned for that environment than you or me. I am not sure I could have survived any length of time in there. One thing I have read more than once is that Alcatraz used to serve its inmates some of the best meals available. This video alluded to it as well. The idea was a well fed man worked hard and was less aggressive. Hey, whatever works. Do I think the Anglin brothers successfully made it to the main land? No. Not any more than I think DB Cooper survived his jump from the hijacked plane. Both stories have been full of death bed confessions and claims from friends and families; yet no one has offered rock solid proof that the Anglin brothers or Cooper survived their plots.

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So I hate to do this but you got some info wrong. The silent system was developed in the 1820's at Auburn state as well as the Chain gang. It lead to prison reform

I heard they had at least really good food. The warden said that people that are well fed are people that are not combative and less likely to give someone problems. I don't remember where I saw it but you can look it up. Edit; I posted this comment before I got to the part where you started talking about the food LOL

I love your videos pls keep making these!!

The underground cave system is unbelievably frightening

Being related to the Anglin Brothers and listening to their story makes me happy knowing that they won't be forgotten and that they never got violent during their robberies

All I know about Alcatraz is that it had a looooot of zombies when I played it

Basically the cruelest 5 star hotel

Sounds like every foster home I have ever been in

Comments under The Birdman movie. The birdman was a horrible human being. The movie glosses over that. And his birds never lived long because he didn't know what he was doing.

Do you have any idea of how prisons are in Brazil? Every prison in US should be consider a 5 start hotel in comparison.

Imagine escaping from jail with the laundry only to get out and realize you escaped to another jail....

whats crazy to me is they dont mention the fact that many prisoners were also being experimented on as well

No sympathy. They EARNED their "position" at Alcatraz. They didn't go there for jaywalking.

"What made them so desperate and violent " idk maybe because they're in Alcatraz

Memories broken, the truth goes unspoken I've even forgotten my name I don't know the season or what is the reason I'm standing here holding my blade A desolate place (place) Without any trace (trace) It's only the cold wind I feel It's me that I spite as I stand up and fight The only thing I know for real There will be blood (blood) shed (shed) The man in the mirror nods his head The only one (one) left (left) Will ride upon the dragon's back Because the mountains don't give back what they take Oh no, there will be blood (blood) shed (shed) It's the only thing I've ever known Losing my identity Wondering, "Have I gone insane?" To find the truth in front of me I must climb this mountain range Looking downward from this deadly height and never realizing why I fight

Whenever I've driven by it while visiting San Francisco... it's just chilling thinking about the history

Rumour has it 4 prisoners build a plane and escaped but crashed in the Golden Gate Bridge 👀

i feel thats the big factor. they had a makeshift raft. they did not swim the full way.

The “silence at all times” rule is genius!!! 😱 We should do that here!! Think about it, it prevents prisoners from making plans to escape or to attack and they can’t threaten or extort other inmates. Alcatraz should be how every prison in America is today. It was the perfect prison.

10:23 Psst... FISH ....... the weird thing is Im having FISH for dinner....

Did you know that Alcatraz means Pelican?

1962:the guards awake to discover the truth,they quickly search the 6 mile perimeter.They find remains of a makeshift raft on the shore,they conduct many searches and theories Ultimately all 3 men presumed dead and are never found.

Keep the videos like this coming

I think the fog actually makes it warmer in the air too then when it's clear.

Sounds like a amazing model prison to me. Too soft on criminals nowadays.

me when i realize alcatraz prisoners ate better food than me

When serial killers eat better than the average modern American citizens.

Who cares about those criminals, they won't give two about you, so you shouldn't care what happens to them.

Awesome video. I like the animations mixed with the narrator.

"if you break the rules you go to prison, if you break the prison rules you go to Alcatraz."

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Love these vids

This is crazy but keep up the good work with these videos🥳

I would love to hear from a guard

I wanna know how they made paper mâché heads without access to flour and makeup.

I wonder what Alcatraz would be like if it was still opened to this day

this reminds me of lego city undercover tbh

if prohibition is a hare-brained thing, then so is marijuana being illegal. Change my mind.

actually doesnt sound too bad, at least comparing to my own living conditions for the past couple of years :d

The bay is always cold. That and there's friggin great white sharks in it. I grew up in southern CA and grew up on the beach but when I moved up north I tried to take a dip in the ocean but due to the temp and the big dam sign warning of Great Whites, I thought better of it.

Fun Fact: I am personally related to “the bird man” which was one of the prisoners

Shame they never responded to the alleged guy claiming to be one of the escapees, it'd be nice to have closure on that particular tale... :P

I knw alcatraz only from call of duty 😁🙌

What I really hate about this is this isn't much if at all any better than POW'S we're treated in Germany or Japan rail lines minus the threat of death

can someone send EDP445 here, to my knowledge there are no cupcakes there.

Sicccccck love the vids bruh bruh

Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. 😂 I love prisons like Alcatraz because they show thugs who think that they’re tough that they aren’t tough at all. They’re little wimps.

What if you put Shiratori in Alcatraz ?

Just got back from binging their SCP channel and kept thinking they were doing to say D-class multiple times throughout the video

Watch " World's Toughest Prisons " of the one in Madagascar ..........

I think honestly think that rehabilitation is not the point of justice, but Justice, meaning getting what one is due. These inmates were sent there as isolation from other prisons. The rough treatment was nowhere near cruel as sadistic punishment has existed in the past. I'm for the death penalty, but sometimes the unruly can't stay in full solitary, but Alcatraz is a good substitute.

We can't forget that one escape with 4 prisoners armed and shot their way to building a plane and flying to the Golden gate Bridge, even if they died shortly after

I would not survive this place cause I’m constantly talking to anyone i even talk to myself

Fun Fact: The california gas chamber is nicknamed "The Green Room" due to its apple green paint job.

Please tune up the audio a little more i have my phone full blast and its a litlle bit low, love your knowledge btw

Ah yes america, with the worst prison system ever!

"What did I tell you about talking?!" "But it's Opposite Day!!!" "...Carry on."

Back when we knew how to treat these animals.

The food was great the stuff that you get at a county diner.

Id like to see what modern day federal prison is.

This background beat is banging 😂😂😂

You should make a video of Gitmo

If I was there I would've loved the silence,silence is good

I'm done halfway through this video, can't take it, so inhumane and depressing.

Love the videos. Hate the background chatter which causes me to go on to someone else’s video.

This was upload before. 🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ but still nice to see again

i would put my body for rent so i can have a better life inside that place

19:57 so they DO have fingers! 😳

Rikers island ain't much better now day's

I would truly love to hear a story about Boxing since I'm starting to hear more about Floyd Mayweather (Pretty Boy Floyd)

I don’t agree with this prison. It’s more of a hellhole then a prison

Stay on topic and be nice

That explains it all… it was a military barracks… the horror 😢 well unless your air force 🤣 Third times the charm I guess lol

Wild time went definitely worth it shout out to Brandon at the Segway place there🤙🏼

I wondered where all those theme parks got their ideas from 👍😭

People on the internet, imagine how good and rich our lives would be if we unite in our works to construct a liberal society like in the United States of America where science and intellect reign supreme.

Sounds like school

Well the food is there sounds good.

Thats cruel not letting them talk

Try touring Yuma prison. Horrible.