Famous Prisons of the West A prison or

Famous Prisons of the West

• A prison or jail is a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as a form of punishment • Prisons were strictly for punishment, which was carried out with medieval excesses

Yuma Territorial Prison • 33 -year existence between 1876 and 1909. – Now a State Park • 3, 069 prisoners, including 29 women – Murder, polygamy, grand larceny – 111 prisoners died while serving – 26 escaped and 8 were killed while trying – No executions https: //www. youtube. com/ watch? v=6 p. S 7 Blo. OA 1 U&fea ture=player_embedded Main Gate: This entrance (also called the sallyport) is the only original adobe structure remaining at the prison.

Alcatraz • first maximum security minimum privilege prison of the country • Located on a rocky island surrounded by the freezing water of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was believed to be inescapable – 36 men that attempted escape, 23 were caught, 6 were shot and killed, and 2 drowned. The remaining 5 were never seen again • Al Capone • Machine Gun Kelly

• Born – Alphonse Gabriel Capone – January 17, 1899 – Brooklyn, New York • Died – January 25, 1947 (aged 48) – Palm Island, Florida • Resting place – Mount Carmel Cemetery[1] • Occupation Al Capone in 1930 – Gangster, bootlegger, racketeer, boss of Chicago Outfit Cell 181 in Alcatraz where Capone was imprisoned https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Vzf. WQ 7 T RF 8 w

• The June 1962 Alcatraz escape was a prison escape attempt by American criminals Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris to leave Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island using an inflatable raft. The FBI's investigation was unable to determine whether the three men successfully escaped or died in the attempt John Anglin Clarence Anglin Frank Morris fabricated dummy heads from a mixture of soap, toilet paper and real hair, and left them in their beds to fool prison officers making nighttime inspections They escaped from their cells by crawling through holes in the cell walls which they had dug with spoons over the course of a year The dug out vents in the utility corridor

• The next morning it was discovered that the trio had escaped. At first it was thought that the escapees had been decapitated. Only upon further scrutiny did the guards realize that the heads were part of a clever escape plot. Police searched for the escapees on Alcatraz and Angel Island without success. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation was begun as well. • Remnants of the raft, paddles, and a bag containing the Anglins' personal effects were found on Angel Island. According to the FBI, while it was theoretically possible for the three inmates to have reached Angel Island, the cold water temperature and direction of the ocean's tides made this unlikely. The FBI also said that the plans of the inmates were to steal clothes and a car once they reached land, although no car or clothing thefts were reported in the area following the escape. The case was closed by the FBI on December 31, 1979, after a 17 -year investigation. It was concluded that the prisoners drowned in the cold waters of the bay while trying to reach the mainland. • As late as September 2009, the case was still being investigated by the U. S. Marshals Service, according to a story broadcast on NPR. Deputy U. S. Marshal Michael Dyke told NPR, "There's an active warrant and the Marshals Service doesn't give up looking for people, " he said. "In this case, this would be like saying, 'Well, yeah, they probably are dead. We're going to quit looking. ' Well, there's no proof they're dead, so we're not going to quit looking. " Dyke said that he still receives leads, including one as recently as two weeks before the story aired. • A 2003 Myth. Busters episode on the Discovery Channel tested the feasibility of an escape from the island on a raincoat raft, and determined that it was "plausible", though the team concluded that the inmates could not have reached Angel Island with the tides, but that they instead went for the Marin Headlands. A 2011 program on the National Geographic Channel reported that investigators found footprints on Angel Island leading away from the raft, and had also identified a blue Chevrolet that had been stolen that night, contrary to the FBI report. • In 2011, Bud Morris of Rome, Georgia claimed that he delivered "eight or nine" bags of money to guards at Alcatraz on several occasions prior to the escape. Morris also claimed to have met up with his cousin, Frank Morris, shortly after the escape. Morris's daughter also recalls the meeting with "Frank" at a park in San Diego. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=L 7 n. SDp. M 0 w 9 M

Folsom Location: Folsom, California Size: 1, 813 Famous Inmates: Suge Knight, Charles Manson, Rick James Folsom State Prison opened in 1880 and is the second-oldest prison in the state of California. It was also the first in the country to have electricity. Folsom was one of the first maximum security prisons. • It’s most known for having two concerts at its facility by musician Johnny Cash in the late 1960 s. • • • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=L 05 KOAh ZA 1 A

• Born – Charles Milles Maddox – November 12, 1934 (age 80) – Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. • Criminal charge – Murder, conspiracy • Criminal penalty • Death, reduced by abolition of death penalty to life in prison In 1971 he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the murders of seven people, actress Sharon Tate and four other people at Tate's home, and the next day, a married couple, Leno and Rosemary La. Bianca, all carried out by members of the group at his instruction. He was convicted of the murders through the joint-responsibility rule, which makes each member of a conspiracy guilty of crimes his fellow conspirators commit in furtherance of the conspiracy's objective

Huntsville • the oldest Texas state prison, opened in 1849 • The unit houses the State of Texas execution chamber. It is the most active execution chamber in the United States, with 500 executions after 1982 when the death penalty was reinstated in Texas • Originally Huntsville Unit was only for White Texans; the only penalties available to Black Texans were whipping and hanging Huntsville Unit's yard during the 1870 s

• In 1974, the prison was the site of an eleven-day siege, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in United States history. Three armed inmates (Fred Carrasco, Ignacio Cuevas, and Rudy Dominquez) held several hostages in the education department. The ring leader, Carrasco, had been a porter in the chapel. Cuevas usually worked in the inmate dining hall. Ten hostages were employees of the prison system: two were educators, and one was a guard. Later on, the prison chaplain would also become a hostage. Four prisoners were also held as hostages. On the final day, the inmates tried to escape using chalkboards and hostages as shields. Dominquez was killed in the attempt. Carrasco killed Elizabeth Beseda, then shot himself. Julia Standley was also killed that day. Ignacio Cuevas was executed on May 23, 1991, for her murder https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 BKZTC 7 YB 6 A

Leavenworth • Location: Leavenworth, Kansas • Size: 2, 000 • Famous Inmates: Bugs Moran, Michael Vick, George “Machine Gun” Kelly • all male, medium-security facility

• Born – – – • Died – – • 10 years Criminal status – • Bank robbery Criminal penalty – • Gangster, bootlegger Criminal charge – • Bugs Moran Occupation – • February 25, 1957 (aged 65) Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, U. S. Other names – • Adelard Cunin August 21, 1893 St. Paul, Minnesota, U. S. Deceased Allegiance – North Side Gang Bugs Moran, was a Chicago Prohibition-era gangster. He moved to the north side of Chicago when he was 19, where he became affiliated with several gangs. He was incarcerated three times before turning 21. On February 14, 1929, in an event that has become known as the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, seven members of his gang were gunned down in a warehouse, supposedly on the orders of Moran's rival Al Capone. He has been credited with popularizing the act of driving by a rival's hangout and spraying it with gunfire, now referred to as a drive-by shooting

ADX • Location: Florence, Colorado • Size: 490 • Famous Inmates: Ted Kaczynski, Larry Hoover, Timothy Mc. Veigh • The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility is a supermax prison for men that is located in unincorporated Colorado. • It is unofficially known as ADX Florence, Florence ADMAX, or The Alcatraz of the Rockies. • It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. • houses the prisoners who are deemed the most dangerous and in need of the tightest control of all the prisoners within the United States Federal Prison System

• 410 male inmates, each assigned to one of six security levels • deemed too dangerous, too high-profile or too great a national security risk for even a maximum -security prison – Larry Hoover of the Gangster Disciples – Barry Mills and Tyler Bingham of the Aryan Brotherhood – Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in civilian court of the September 11 attacks – Ted Kaczynski – Timothy Mc. Veigh, who carried out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing

• Born – Theodore John Kaczynski – May 22, 1942 (age 72) – Evergreen Park, Illinois • Other names – The Unabomber • Occupation – Professor, mathematician Kaczynski during his trial in 1996 • Criminal charge – Transportation, mailing and use of bombs; murder • Criminal penalty – 8 life terms without parole • Criminal status – Incarcerated at ADX Florence, [1] #04475– 046 • Conviction(s) – January 22, 1998 (pleaded guilty) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=8 EHgfn_b r. PU

• Born – • • April 23, 1968 Died – • • • June 11, 2001 (aged 33) Cause of death Execution by lethal injection Other names – • Timothy James Mc. Veigh Tim Tuttle, Darel Bridges, Robert Kling Occupation – U. S. Army soldier, security guard • Criminal penalty • Criminal status – – • Retaliation for the Waco Siege, Ruby Ridge, other government raids and general U. S. foreign policy Conviction(s) – – • Executed Motive – • Death by lethal injection Killed – Use of a weapon of mass destruction Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction Destruction with the use of explosives 8 counts of first-degree murder 168 • Injured • Weapon(s) – – 600+ Fertilizer truck bomb https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=v. Htxyv. QR _Ns

San Quentin • Location: Marin County, California • Size: 3, 302 • Famous Inmates: Stanley “Tookie” Williams • California’s only death row for male inmates, the largest in the United States, is located at the prison. It has a gas chamber, but since 1996, executions at the prison have been carried out by lethal injection. It opened in July 1852 and is the oldest prison in the state.

• San Quentin State Prison is California’s oldest and best known correctional institution, which was established on the site currently known as Point San Quentin, in July of 1852, as an answer to the rampant lawlessness in California at the time. During its construction, inmates slept on the prison ship, the Waban, at night and labored to build the new prison during the day. San Quentin housed both male and female inmates until 1933 when the women’s prison at Tehachapi was built. The prison rests overlooking the bay on 432 acres, and is located just 12 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the county of Marin. The walled prison is made up of four (4) large cell blocks (West, South, North, and East Block), one (1) maximum security cell block (the Adjustment Center), Central Health Care Service Building, a medium security dorm setting and a minimum security firehouse. The state's only gas chamber and death row for all male condemned inmates are located at San Quentin. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=1 zgja 26 e Ne. Y

Wyoming Territorial Prison • The prison was built in 1872 and began accepting prisoners in early 1873 • 44 prisoners accepted in the first two years of operation, 11 escaped. • By 1877 the prison was overcrowded. • Butch Cassidy was incarcerated here in 1894 -1896. • Prisoners were transferred to Rawlins in 1901, The prison was closed in 1903 and given to the University of Wyoming. http: //wyoparks. state. wy. us/Site. Features. aspx? sub. ID=5

Montana State Prison • The "Old Prison“ served as the Montana Territorial Prison from its creation in 1871 until Montana achieved statehood in 1889, then continued as the primary penal institution for the State of Montana until 1979

• The system of managing inmates at the Montana Territorial Prison was intended to follow the Auburn system of penal reform, – a method pioneered at Auburn Prison in New York state in the 1820 s. The Auburn system, or the silent system, hinged on prisoners working in groups during the day, maintaining solitary confinement at night, and adhering to a strict code of silence at all times.

• July 2, 1871 – First Prisoners Admitted • May 15, 1873 – Federal Government turned prison over to Territory of Montana • August 1, 1874 – Turned back to Federal Government • November 8, 1889 – Statehood - Prison turned back to State of Montana • Emptied of prisoners in the late 1970 s

Movies made at the Prison • 1980: Fast Walking – James Wood, Kay Lenz, Tim Mc. Intire • 1984: Runaway Train – John Voight • 1990: Crossers – Low budget, never released • 1990: Diggstown – James Wood, Louis Gosset Jr • 1994: The Last Ride – Mickey Rourke, Lori Singer http: //www. kpax. com/news/old-montanaprison-a-step-back-in-time/