The prison was located on Alcatraz Island 1 1/4 miles off the coast of San Francisco ,Ca. The only way off the island was by boat,so guards and their families had quarters on the island as well.Alcatraz Island was also the site of the first American lighthouse on the Pacific coast,built in 1854 and demolished in the earthquake of 1906.Alcatraz Prison was closed in 1963.
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