Now that Alcatraz might be reopened as a prison by the federal government, "Banfield" looks back at the historic facility ...

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Likely the most popular abandoned prison in the U.S., Alcatraz Island, located in San Francisco Bay, is best-known for its ...

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Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular prison rodeo.

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Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote facility.

From 1934 until its closure in 1963, Alcatraz operated as a maximum-security federal penitentiary designed to hold what some consider America's most notorious criminals.