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Alcatraz: The ultimate prison

US: “Break the rules and you go to prison. Break the prison rules and you go to Alcatraz.” These words, prominently displayed on a wall in one of America’s most famous prison – Alcatraz – cast a dark pall over any inmate who called it home.

For long, Alcatraz was just a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay that was once occupied by the Spanish and later administered by Mexicans.

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