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Juan Manuel de Ayala a spanish explorer found the island. He named it "La isla de los Alcatraces".
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Alcatraz was build to be protect San Francisco. It was a military base.
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The first lighthouse was buid on the island.
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alcatraz was rebuild by prisoners and was now a military prison.
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The island was redesignated as "Pacific Branch, U.S. Military Prison, Alcatraz island".
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Alcatraz was re-build by prisoners. They build a cell house.
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As the island was re-build with a cell house 137 prisoners arrived to the island.
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The Alcatraz Island was part of the Federal Burea of Prisons.
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The first warden of Alcatraz was James A. Johnson.
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John Paul Scott was the first prisoner from Alcatraz to actually escape. He was later captured again.
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Alcatraz was closed.