I visited Alcatraz 2 years ago. It’s much smaller than you think it is. There’s only one building which is the actual prison. I spent a few mins in the solitary confinement cells and it’s so dark I felt going a lil fidgety after 5 mins
@ericasimpson8112 жыл бұрын
555 I miss Thomasville give me well I do feel like it yay 0000yuuuu
@maddogdugan2 жыл бұрын
What struck me is how you could see and hear all of the bustling city around you from the yard. That would have been a constant torture.
@maddogdugan2 жыл бұрын
Oh And I also have a picture of me balled up in the solitary confinement cell😂
@XXVIGD2 жыл бұрын
How? It is closed
@juliadio25732 жыл бұрын
@@maddogduganiii ugu yy 👋 o oo
@dankwolf11572 жыл бұрын
I love all the crime videos you guys do always interesting to watch
@joshuabennett58912 жыл бұрын
January 2020 is when I went to Alcatraz. Flew my mom out to California for her 70th birthday and we also went to Lake Tahoe, Muir woods, Pier 39 for dinner overlooking San Francisco bay, Stitton beach, California state railroad museum in Sacramento and Yosemite national park. Plus she reconnected with two brothers and met 3 nieces and a great niece.
@wasilaify2 жыл бұрын
Is SF really as messed up as the news say it is?
@joshuabennett58912 жыл бұрын
@@wasilaify as far as the homelessness crisis, it's definitely a work in progress
@Gromitdog12 жыл бұрын
@@wasilaify Its worse. Do not leave any valuables in your car. Ever. Streets are a sea of broken glass from smashed windows. Its visually appealing but has serious social issues, sort of like an open asylum.
@vialtrucking2 жыл бұрын
I actually love Lake Tahoe.
@johndeacon1293 ай бұрын
@@wasilaify no. im here right now and people make it out to be so much worse than it actually is. even the tenderloin (which you should still be cautious around) isn’t as bad as people say. as a woman, i felt much much less safe in la than i do here
@IKEMENOsakaman2 жыл бұрын
Alcatraz was considered shockingly cruel and inhumane in its day, and yet it sounds like a 5 star resort compared to California's prison system of the early 21st Century.
@mitzelperc30492 жыл бұрын
America’s*
@elizabethcompton7382 жыл бұрын
Actually, no it wasn't. In fact, many inmates in the federal system requested transfer to Alcatraz because the living conditions were considered to be better. And it housed the "problem prisoners" from throughout the prison system, so don't feel too badly for them. They weren't boy scouts.
@RealQueenBowsette2 жыл бұрын
@Anthony's Asian Friend not everyone has a wife though
@christopherclifford10242 жыл бұрын
You clearly haven't went to prison
@blake75872 жыл бұрын
Back then most prisoners weren’t the thugs they tend to be today.
@diversejoe6172 жыл бұрын
Prisoners: Alcatraz is a whole nightmare Al Capone: *First time?*
@ralphlorenzperolino30542 жыл бұрын
Mob of The Dead: *Say no more.*
@MissyCeleste2 жыл бұрын
putting ppl in solidarity should be a extreme measure
@dudemanfam67672 жыл бұрын
the inmates were terrible people💀
@TorontoJediMaster3 күн бұрын
@MissyCeleste I'm guessing you meant "solitary". On Alcatraz, solitary confinement was a relatively short term measure to handle convicts who got into fights, tried to escape, assaulted guards, etcetera. That was the stereotype of the dark, closed cell. The period could last from a couple of days (just to cool off someone in a simple fight) to nineteen days (the maximum allowed). Now, after that, they COULD be put into segregation for years. Segregation at Alcatraz meant D-Block. Convicts where were generally in an open front cell, the same as the rest of the prison (albeit slightly larger as they stayed there pretty much all the time). They had meals brought to them (the same as served in the rest of the prison), they had no work privileges, the only time they left their cells were for a weekly shower and (if they were behaving) some time in the yard. They could get books and magazine from the library (delivered to their cells by the library orderly) and were allowed to talk quietly with their neighbours. (They could even play chess with their neighbour. Each man had a chess board and they called out their moves to one another).
@robertandrews69152 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine how bad it would be if you couldn't talk for days and your alone? Lock yourself in your room without a phone, computer or other things inmates can't have just for an hour. It won't be the same because you know you can leave anytime or you can count down to an hour. It would be like being locked in there until someone says you can leave so you have no idea.
@elizabethcompton7382 жыл бұрын
Don't cry too much for these sweet misunderstood darling little boys. They had to EARN their trip to Alcatraz. Or any other prison.
@roguesheep17472 жыл бұрын
Sounds like bliss I've got 4 kids
@fionahamilton72312 жыл бұрын
They get a lot better then They deserve .
@lanac5793 Жыл бұрын
@elizabethcompton738 prisoners are also, in fact, human beings Elizabeth. They deserve empathy too
@SnakeDoctor3032 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you doing something other than WW3 scenarios
@hatinonyou82607 ай бұрын
Being related to the Anglin Brothers and listening to their story makes me happy knowing that they won't be forgotten and that they never got violent during their robberies
@DeezzzzzzNuts127 ай бұрын
🧢
@mlevo10112 жыл бұрын
Having done some time in our current prison situation a few years back, I personally would have probably enjoyed the silence. The one thing that drove me most nuts about prison was the loud idiotic noise.
@TorontoJediMaster3 күн бұрын
The rule of silence actually ended after the first few years. It proved pretty much unenforceable. One couldn't be loud or disruptive, but convicts were allowed to talk quietly in the mess hall, to neighbouring cells, etcetera.
@deathtotruthers12 жыл бұрын
My father "escaped" from Alcatraz every year sans wetsuit. So do hundreds of others - all one needs is a bit of swimming experience. It's actually not a particularly hard swim. They used to tell prisoners the waters were shark infested (that's what "Tiburon" means), but there are no predators in the Bay. There are no white sharks in the Bay. And no, while some of the swimmers do wear wetsuits, you can't place if you wear one. Most swimmers don't.
@heyysimone2 жыл бұрын
I think it would be very cold for them to swim because they almost always swam during the night when the water would cool down. Also, they werent really fed that well so they would have been weak.
@deathtotruthers12 жыл бұрын
@@heyysimone The water doesn't cool down at night any appreciable amount. It doesn't work like that with oceans and bodies as large as the SF bay (this is why pools feel warmer at night). Incidentally, the Escape from Alcatraz rough water swim takes place in the morning, before the sun has had a chance to hit the water. But it wouldn't matter anyway. Water temperatures don't change that fast. Your point about their physical health is a decent one. But the point is, it's not a hard swim for someone who swims regularly.
@yoojin3877 Жыл бұрын
@@heyysimone Prisoners in the general population at Alcatraz were actually fed very well, so malnutrition probably wouldn't have been a factor.
@Tymbalaand2 жыл бұрын
One of the most underrated educational channel ❤️
@maddy21092 жыл бұрын
They have 11.7 million subs
@Sontronite2 жыл бұрын
i wouldnt say these guys are even close to being underrated
@Greyfox3032 жыл бұрын
11.7m is underrated indeed
@reflexhigh71852 жыл бұрын
Love these vids keep them going 😁
@rtwice935552 жыл бұрын
Over the years I have watched or read stories about Alcatraz. It is hard to tell how much is fact or fiction. But there is no denying it must have been a terrible place to be. What prison is a good place to stay? Most of those that served time in Alcatraz lived a hard life before they got there. They were better conditioned for that environment than you or me. I am not sure I could have survived any length of time in there. One thing I have read more than once is that Alcatraz used to serve its inmates some of the best meals available. This video alluded to it as well. The idea was a well fed man worked hard and was less aggressive. Hey, whatever works. Do I think the Anglin brothers successfully made it to the main land? No. Not any more than I think DB Cooper survived his jump from the hijacked plane. Both stories have been full of death bed confessions and claims from friends and families; yet no one has offered rock solid proof that the Anglin brothers or Cooper survived their plots.
@RozeLight Жыл бұрын
I’d a prison like this ever comes again, everyone ready your picket signs, cause it’s gonna be time for the protest of the century
@evanderpierznik2 жыл бұрын
Whenever I've driven by it while visiting San Francisco... it's just chilling thinking about the history
@aidansherlock53192 жыл бұрын
I love your videos pls keep making these!!
@bilbobagginses49412 жыл бұрын
So I hate to do this but you got some info wrong. The silent system was developed in the 1820's at Auburn state as well as the Chain gang. It lead to prison reform
@cvpidd86752 жыл бұрын
I went to Alcatraz. It so crazy. And sorta horrifying. I couldn’t imagine staying there. I remember learning the lunch room was the most dangerous because they were given spoons, forks and knives,
@eddies_2 жыл бұрын
sure buddy
@jamesmartinez11772 жыл бұрын
Keep the videos like this coming
@theonlygoonie2 жыл бұрын
Alcatraz is like the death penalty without the execution
@kenc9236 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video. I like the animations mixed with the narrator.
@ravagex87252 жыл бұрын
7:56 Morgan Freeman owes this guy big time for his "well-mannered prisoner with animal friends" character.
@schuringleon32072 жыл бұрын
All I know about Alcatraz is that it had a looooot of zombies when I played it
@randomoverpopulatedworldid32862 жыл бұрын
I think the fog actually makes it warmer in the air too then when it's clear.
@ChairmanMeow12 жыл бұрын
I'd rather be dead than get solitary confinement for life
@winniethexiping10622 жыл бұрын
Memories broken, the truth goes unspoken I've even forgotten my name I don't know the season or what is the reason I'm standing here holding my blade A desolate place (place) Without any trace (trace) It's only the cold wind I feel It's me that I spite as I stand up and fight The only thing I know for real There will be blood (blood) shed (shed) The man in the mirror nods his head The only one (one) left (left) Will ride upon the dragon's back Because the mountains don't give back what they take Oh no, there will be blood (blood) shed (shed) It's the only thing I've ever known Losing my identity Wondering, "Have I gone insane?" To find the truth in front of me I must climb this mountain range Looking downward from this deadly height and never realizing why I fight
@Jah-tj8lp10 ай бұрын
This is crazy but keep up the good work with these videos🥳
@LeafarR16572 жыл бұрын
Do you have any idea of how prisons are in Brazil? Every prison in US should be consider a 5 start hotel in comparison.
@stevedamien6382 жыл бұрын
Rafael-Actually in Canada not United States. 90% of inmates are white and all keep quiet really. No AB,no Cribs,no Bloods,no Mexican gangs. Man prison in Canada are 5 stars hotels compared to United States. Believe me.
@DeezzzzzzNuts127 ай бұрын
Who cares we literally didn't ask
@melissadwiggins2 жыл бұрын
I heard they had at least really good food. The warden said that people that are well fed are people that are not combative and less likely to give someone problems. I don't remember where I saw it but you can look it up. Edit; I posted this comment before I got to the part where you started talking about the food LOL
@shardatc35602 жыл бұрын
whats crazy to me is they dont mention the fact that many prisoners were also being experimented on as well
@caitlin32362 жыл бұрын
I actually didn't know this, ill have to look into it, its amazing how much isn't told about the prison systems
@joshkeith8502 жыл бұрын
Love these vids
@Randibunny2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like every foster home I have ever been in
@bearschmidt31802 жыл бұрын
The underground cave system is unbelievably frightening
@dumblikeagorrila21282 жыл бұрын
Basically the cruelest 5 star hotel
@EAcapuccino2 жыл бұрын
You forgot the Minus Haha 😂😂
@liltrapmoneyesco7132 жыл бұрын
Please tune up the audio a little more i have my phone full blast and its a litlle bit low, love your knowledge btw
@bobsteadman97282 жыл бұрын
The bay is always cold. That and there's friggin great white sharks in it. I grew up in southern CA and grew up on the beach but when I moved up north I tried to take a dip in the ocean but due to the temp and the big dam sign warning of Great Whites, I thought better of it.
@agtga12 жыл бұрын
i feel thats the big factor. they had a makeshift raft. they did not swim the full way.
@alexmcnonyabizz87202 жыл бұрын
Sicccccck love the vids bruh bruh
@세천사-s4f2 жыл бұрын
I escaped Alcatraz by building a plane with a shirt that later crashed at pack a punch
@EAcapuccino2 жыл бұрын
This Brit STILL loves a prison topic here on The Infographics Show - My favourite category! Speaking of prison shows - Beyond scared Straight - Yes they are also viewed outside the USA 🇺🇸 😁 👏 ⛓️=🏢
@donm53542 жыл бұрын
10:23 Psst... FISH ....... the weird thing is Im having FISH for dinner....
@blake75872 жыл бұрын
The “silence at all times” rule is genius!!! 😱 We should do that here!! Think about it, it prevents prisoners from making plans to escape or to attack and they can’t threaten or extort other inmates. Alcatraz should be how every prison in America is today. It was the perfect prison.
@actuallymyah2 жыл бұрын
please be joking💀
@KrustiiK2 жыл бұрын
@@actuallymyah i hope he is cause he trippin BAD
@All_Things_Strange2 жыл бұрын
I agree in a way, if you murdered or assaulted or some other act of harm, you deserve the worst.
@birdie3318 ай бұрын
It never works in history. It definitely wouldn't today. Tell someone with odd not to talk tell me how that goes. Plus convicts will find a different way to communicate. You seriously can't be that nieve
@dawn85422 жыл бұрын
Comments under The Birdman movie. The birdman was a horrible human being. The movie glosses over that. And his birds never lived long because he didn't know what he was doing.
@elizabethcompton7382 жыл бұрын
No sympathy. They EARNED their "position" at Alcatraz. They didn't go there for jaywalking.
@danielbutler23722 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@Friendship1nmillion2 жыл бұрын
*TRUE BUT* There SHOULD be some humane standards ‼️ ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴
@Dvanreuler2 жыл бұрын
This was upload before. 🤣🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ but still nice to see again
@johnnykarma52432 жыл бұрын
"What made them so desperate and violent " idk maybe because they're in Alcatraz
@michaelpalmieri73352 жыл бұрын
*they're
@Cam.Deux.2 жыл бұрын
This background beat is banging 😂😂😂
@GoldenBeaverH2 жыл бұрын
1962:the guards awake to discover the truth,they quickly search the 6 mile perimeter.They find remains of a makeshift raft on the shore,they conduct many searches and theories Ultimately all 3 men presumed dead and are never found.
@TorontoJediMaster3 күн бұрын
The Silence Rule was lifted after the first few years. It proved to be more trouble than it was worth and was pretty much unenforecable.
@heikkiaho66052 жыл бұрын
actually doesnt sound too bad, at least comparing to my own living conditions for the past couple of years :d
@A_b_u2 жыл бұрын
Rumour has it 4 prisoners build a plane and escaped but crashed in the Golden Gate Bridge 👀
@John_Smith_862 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a amazing model prison to me. Too soft on criminals nowadays.
@joeb35052 жыл бұрын
Just got back from binging their SCP channel and kept thinking they were doing to say D-class multiple times throughout the video
@errolvanzie47652 жыл бұрын
You should make a video of Gitmo
@flintcarlton2 жыл бұрын
Love the videos. Hate the background chatter which causes me to go on to someone else’s video.
@MissMawu2 жыл бұрын
Imagine escaping from jail with the laundry only to get out and realize you escaped to another jail....
@michaelpalmieri73352 жыл бұрын
Sounds like an urban legend.
@twocvbloke2 жыл бұрын
Shame they never responded to the alleged guy claiming to be one of the escapees, it'd be nice to have closure on that particular tale... :P
@Sontronite2 жыл бұрын
me when i realize alcatraz prisoners ate better food than me
@20thCenturyManTrad Жыл бұрын
I think honestly think that rehabilitation is not the point of justice, but Justice, meaning getting what one is due. These inmates were sent there as isolation from other prisons. The rough treatment was nowhere near cruel as sadistic punishment has existed in the past. I'm for the death penalty, but sometimes the unruly can't stay in full solitary, but Alcatraz is a good substitute.
@ayranj2 жыл бұрын
this reminds me of lego city undercover tbh
@Profeex222 жыл бұрын
Wild time went definitely worth it shout out to Brandon at the Segway place there🤙🏼
@g_men21212 жыл бұрын
Id like to see what modern day federal prison is.
@fufusmcsqueebles60082 жыл бұрын
Larry Lawton’s channel is a good one for more info on that topic. Jessica Kent’s too, if you wanna hear about women’s prison.
@danielhouser88452 жыл бұрын
The Infographic Show!!🔥 I feel like Johnny number 5!!📓input📓 input💯🤯 I appreciate all the information the content 💯💣🤯 every time you post I be like 🍿🤳🍿 💻 I really learn from some of your videos so I saved them the to watch later
@TV-mi8ye2 жыл бұрын
Imagine having so many budget cuts that some of your rooms don’t have toilets and lots of prisoners were fed moldy bread and STILL not having enough money to keep it open
@paahl15722 жыл бұрын
Did you know that Alcatraz means Pelican?
@ceciland182 жыл бұрын
I wanna know how they made paper mâché heads without access to flour and makeup.
@Gunsandrodsoutdoors495 ай бұрын
"if you break the rules you go to prison, if you break the prison rules you go to Alcatraz."
@yonasamman68862 жыл бұрын
Watch " World's Toughest Prisons " of the one in Madagascar ..........
@lonewolfnergiganos40002 жыл бұрын
I wonder what Alcatraz would be like if it was still opened to this day
@cerealinacan29192 жыл бұрын
It would probably be the same
@daveanderson38052 жыл бұрын
Overcrowded
@fileexporter40602 жыл бұрын
Y’all should spend some time in Long Kesh.
@markfitzsimons7432 Жыл бұрын
I'm with ya there, my man. The Brits invented concentration camps, Fact.
@robhankins7962 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear from a guard
@chrisleach42452 жыл бұрын
The food was great the stuff that you get at a county diner.
@haroutdemirjian88314 ай бұрын
That explains it all… it was a military barracks… the horror 😢 well unless your air force 🤣 Third times the charm I guess lol
@Aussiekidproductionsofficial2 жыл бұрын
What if you put Shiratori in Alcatraz ?
@novaknight83602 жыл бұрын
Can u do Burmese prison?
@deltaforce73842 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: I am personally related to “the bird man” which was one of the prisoners
@arlisbartlett4032 жыл бұрын
😮
@arlisbartlett4032 жыл бұрын
?
@scatterwave2 жыл бұрын
If I was there I would've loved the silence,silence is good
@mtvparker2 жыл бұрын
apparently the prisoners could hear the busy city all around them n stuff, probably was torture more than anything hearing life all around them while being locked up do the crime gotta do the time tho!
@scatterwave2 жыл бұрын
Yh I take back what i said 🥶
@brolysujay2 жыл бұрын
I'm done halfway through this video, can't take it, so inhumane and depressing.
@masterofgaming71BH42 жыл бұрын
I knw alcatraz only from call of duty 😁🙌
@nazzfreeman1282 жыл бұрын
What I really hate about this is this isn't much if at all any better than POW'S we're treated in Germany or Japan rail lines minus the threat of death
@chrissirvid58452 жыл бұрын
I wondered where all those theme parks got their ideas from 👍😭
@heavenburke Жыл бұрын
I would not survive this place cause I’m constantly talking to anyone i even talk to myself
@itsnotjosh40622 жыл бұрын
I would truly love to hear a story about Boxing since I'm starting to hear more about Floyd Mayweather (Pretty Boy Floyd)
@chitlynn51814 ай бұрын
19:57 so they DO have fingers! 😳
@blake75872 жыл бұрын
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. 😂 I love prisons like Alcatraz because they show thugs who think that they’re tough that they aren’t tough at all. They’re little wimps.
@shashankshekhar30742 жыл бұрын
We Indians have a proud EX INDIAN AIRFORCE OFFICER with the name of ALCATRAZ
@Boogman1232 жыл бұрын
I needed my fix
@S-Freeze2 жыл бұрын
if prohibition is a hare-brained thing, then so is marijuana being illegal. Change my mind.
@Cult_leader_saddler10 ай бұрын
Well the food is there sounds good.
@drunkenxrage2 жыл бұрын
When serial killers eat better than the average modern American citizens.
@joec87502 жыл бұрын
2:54 why is one of their hands red? Is that a reference to anyone in particular?
@DeezzzzzzNuts127 ай бұрын
Deeznuts12
@DeezzzzzzNuts127 ай бұрын
Deeznuts12
@catherineblair550Ай бұрын
Try touring Yuma prison. Horrible.
@bradyblough2 жыл бұрын
Love the videos, but the content is often repetitive and turns people away.
@nesseihtgnay94192 жыл бұрын
Who cares about those criminals, they won't give two about you, so you shouldn't care what happens to them.
@eralps2 жыл бұрын
can someone send EDP445 here, to my knowledge there are no cupcakes there.
@Lucatheduca2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@bpo19752 жыл бұрын
I love it. All US prisons should be this brutal. ❤️. In fact, we should follow the "Black Dolphin" model of prison used in Russia.
@blackice61842 жыл бұрын
I agree 100%
@Hammerhead5472 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: The california gas chamber is nicknamed "The Green Room" due to its apple green paint job.
@michaelpalmieri73352 жыл бұрын
That's in San Quentin Prison, not Alcatraz.
@kimlangston2512 жыл бұрын
Thats cruel not letting them talk
@TrickyNeverLaughs2 жыл бұрын
People on the internet, imagine how good and rich our lives would be if we unite in our works to construct a liberal society like in the United States of America where science and intellect reign supreme.