Some national parks are reminders of America’s more lawless past. Though it served as the first lighthouse on the West Coast, as a Civil War fortress, and most recently, as the birthplace of the American Indian Red Power movement, Alcatraz Island is best known as the site of the infamous federal prison. The end of Prohibition and the Depression in America necessitated the creation of additional penitentiaries, and one with maximum security.
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