As a part of the tour they give you these headsets to wear as a part of an audio tour. This way you can walk around the cell block at your own pace with out a tour guide. It was really awesome.. even though we kinda look like nerds.. =) Ok, well, I look like a nerd.. Sarah always looks good...
This was one of the typical jail cells... Very small. But one of the escape attempts made on the island was actually made by using a spoon to carve out the vent that you can see at the bottom of the sink. Crazy, huh? Those guys made it out and into the water, but were never found.
This is the library. The prisoners could not actually go to the library. All the books were brought to them. Most of the prisoners were in their cells for 23 hours out of the day. Crazy people like Al Capone, and others who were "high risk"
One of the worst things that former prisoners said about the prison was the view that they could see from the prison. San Francisco sat just far away enough from them to taunt them... The view is really nice, huh?
This was one of the typical jail cells... Very small. But one of the escape attempts made on the island was actually made by using a spoon to carve out the vent that you can see at the bottom of the sink. Crazy, huh? Those guys made it out and into the water, but were never found.
This is the library. The prisoners could not actually go to the library. All the books were brought to them. Most of the prisoners were in their cells for 23 hours out of the day. Crazy people like Al Capone, and others who were "high risk"
One of the worst things that former prisoners said about the prison was the view that they could see from the prison. San Francisco sat just far away enough from them to taunt them... The view is really nice, huh?
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