On Thursday, December 1, 2016, ROY ONEAL MOODY died of unknown causes while incarcerated in the Winston County Jail at 25166 Alabama Highway 195, Double Springs, Alabama. Upon learning of MOODY’S death, Winston County Sheriff Tommy Moore contacted State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Captain Jonathan Winters and requested an independent investigation into the events, which led to MOODY’S death. As part of this investigation on Friday, December 2, 2016, Captain Jonathan Winters met with Winston
Alcatraz is a super max prison. It is the biggest prison ever built and held the worst criminals of all time. Like, Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly and Birdman. Alcatraz workers and guards gave them everything they needed to survive, food, water, shelter, clothing and medical care. Everything else had to be earned. They decided to build a super max prison after prohibition came into place. After Alcatraz was built they started to collect prisoners. One after another, more and more came in so they
Alcatraz Imagine yourself existing in a dirty, smelly, cold prison cell that has water dripping down the walls from the ceiling and hardly ever seeing daylight. If you were a guest at Alcatraz, that is exactly what you would experience. Alcatraz was a Federal Prison located in the San Francisco Bay. It was built on a twelve acre, solid rock island, one mile from the main land. There were no roads or bridges built to get there. The only access was by boat. The name Alcatraz means Pelican or strange
S. history. This place is called Alcatraz. Many people have wondered why it is so remote. It is remote because the Justice Department didn’t want anyone to escape and it far enough away from the shore that prisoners wouldn’t be able to reach it, or so they thought. The island was chosen as the location for the prison due to its remoteness. Alcatraz was not always a maximum security prison. It was renovated despite much opposition in order to become one. Alcatraz is also called a state, or federal
Alcatraz Mia Valle Alcatraz was once called one of the “Supermax Prison,” this was because it was a big place but not a lot of prisoners lived there.There was not a lot of inmates there that lived or served a lifetime, because it was for the people who were really dangerous. When all the deaths were happening there at Alcatraz people were starting to wonder about the safety there at Alcatraz. They also had to shut down Alcatraz, which wasn't open for a very long time and hasn't opened since but
Alcatraz Prison, in the San Francisco Bay, is surrounded by freezing waters and razor sharp rocks, making it the most inescapable prison in America. In 1775, a Spanish explorer Juan Manuel De Ayla named the small island La Isla De Los Alcatraces. It translates to “Island of the Pelicans” (Welcome to Alcatraz). This island is a twelve acre rock in the San Francisco Bay, the largest natural harbor in the world (Fuller,8). Because Alcatraz is surrounded by ice cold waters and dangerous currents, it
Over at our official Facebook page, we are currently posting daily film recommendations, with each week being a different theme. This is a collection of those recommendations! This week's theme is prison films. Prisons provide an interesting settings for films for a variety of reasons, as the claustrophobic and closed in settings cause tight restrictions in terms of characters and storytelling. Prisoners are always restricted in their actions and are usually criminals, a type of character that is
of this land, the Alcatraz occupation in 1969 led by righteous college students, became the longest Indian occupation of federal ground in the history of the United States and a landmark for Indian self-determination. The documentary, Alcatraz is Not an Island, describes the occupation that made Alcatraz a symbol for Indigenous people as motivation to stand up against the cruelty that they have experienced since the arrival of the Europeans. Hence the name of the film, Alcatraz can be seen as an
The Few Who Escaped Alcatraz Alcatraz was one of the most notorious prisons during the early 1930’s to early 1960’s. All the well known gang members like Al “Scarface” Capone and Robert “Birdman of Alcatraz” were convicted and sent to live the rest of their life in Alcatraz. The U.S. praised Alcatraz for being inescapable. Everyone thought Alcatraz was “escape proof”, but they were proven wrong. Three men did the impossible and managed to escape the hell hole called Alcatraz.However, I don’t
The History of Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island has quite a distinct history. Many people know that Alcatraz served as a federal prison, but most are reluctant to know that this island served as fort. Built before the Civil War, it served two main purposes. First, that it was to guard the San Francisco bay area from enemy ships against a foreign invasion, and second, to hold hostage prisoners of war or POW's as they were called. In this report, I'll show you how this fortress came to be a federal
through there escape from Alcatraz, but it cannot be proven. It has been fifty years since their escape and we still have no evidence as to whether or not they ever even lived. Alcatraz has become one of the most haunted places in America and was home to some of America's most notorious criminals. Some will choose to believe that the ghosts of Alcatraz exist, but others may not. So, why did Alcatraz shut down? How did the prisoners escape and are they alive? The famous Alcatraz Island is located in the
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was built a maximum high security prison and the most famous. Alcatraz is a prison you would not want to go to and was not built to escape. Alcatraz was opened from 1934 to 1963, and during its 29 years it gained a reputation of the home to the most famous and dangerous prisoners. It is known to be an escape-proof penitentiary however research information shows three prisoners escaped Alcatraz. Alcatraz’s escape was the most famous escape at any prison. Alcatraz Island
Justice Department began looking into a maximum security prison that was inaccessible and thereby inescapable. When they found Alcatraz, it was almost too good to be true. October 12, 1933- The U.S. Justice Department officially acquired Alcatraz from the military with plans to incorporate Alcatraz into the Bureau of Prisons. April, 1934- Work began on Alcatraz to make the cellhouse more secure by replacing soft-iron square bars on the cells with rounded "tool-proof" bars. In addition, a
2015 There were twenty-eight prisoner deaths while Alcatraz was open. Five inmates committed suicide, fifteen died of natural causes, and eight were murdered. Everything about the prison seemed appalling, but why wouldn’t it? There had been countless prison fights, some of which resulted in prisoners gaining nearly fatal wounds, such as a fight started by inmate James "Tex" Lucas, who attempted to kill the infamous mobster, Al Capone. Alcatraz was centered in the middle of San Francisco Bay. The
“The isolation of solitary confinement – getting away from the shouts and chaos of the general inmate population – is almost a relief, for about the first 20 minutes. Then you realize that the horror-film cliché “no one can hear you scream” has come true.” (Bozelko, 2016). The cruelties of solitary confinement in prisons has affected inmates for over a century. The Pennsylvania prison system was the first use of solitary confinement in the United States and was responsible to introducing this practice
In the 1940s, much was changing in the world due to the effects of World War II, specifically in the parts of Europe. Suffused with dictators and totalitarian governments the artists of the era wanted to escape the environment and embark upon a new journey and a fresh start. America during that time was a capitalist with a culturally and ethnically rich background in music, films and fashion. This was the best opportunity for the artists to visit America. Thus a group of artists with their modernistic
After tying up each of the women, Speck untied Wilkening’s legs and led her out of the room. She was his first murder; he gagged her and stabbed her through the heart (Hawkins). About 20 minutes later—around 12:30am—two more nurses, Suzanne Farris (age 21) and Mary Ann Jordan (age 20), returned home after their dates. They just encountered their friends, tied up in the largest bedroom, when Speck returned to the room after murdering Wilkening. He immediately ordered the two young women to follow