Alcatraz cell from exhibit at Ellis Island
If you’ll be traveling to Ellis Island (why would you do that?) before January 12th, you’ll be in time to catch the “Alcatraz: Life on the Rock” Exhibition. The place has a rich and weird history. Alcatraz is now a national park, but it was a brutal prison, home to Al Capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, and my personal creepy favorite Robert “Birdman” Stroud. There are videos, letters and a prison phone you can pick up to hear prisoners’ stories as well as artifacts like homemade shanks and old prison guard paystubs. The traveling exhibition has a replica of a cell called “Life on the Inside”. Check it out:
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