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==Synopsis==
The prison called [[Alcatraz]] in San Francisco bay was once a barren rock, home only to pelicans. Though on the map by the late [[Robot universe#16th Century|16th Century]], it was finally named in [[Robot universe#1775|1775]] by a Spanish-speaking captain after the birds that inhabited it – Isla de Alcatraces, a name that would become Alcatraz.
Alcatraz remained uninhabited for a long time, until it became a prisoner-of-war camp. In [[Robot universe#1934|1934]], the camp was repurposed as a federal penitentiary for hardened criminals under the strict supervision of warden [[James A. Johnston]]. One of the first inmates, armed robber [[Joe Bowers]], didn't plan to stop long, and within months he became the prison's first attempted escapee. He didn't make it far before being shot from the watchtowers.
On the 16th of December, [[Robot universe#1937|1937]], [[Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe]] attempted escape through a wash-house window. After parting ways and diving into the icy waters, the two men were never seen again.
In [[Robot universe#1946|1946]], inmate number 548, [[Joseph Cretzer|Joseph 'Dutch' Cretzer]], led a mutiny with five other men. Two warders were killed, but Cretzer's plan was to treat them as living hostages to exchange for their freedom. Military troops were brought in as reinforcements; after Warden Johnston commented his belief the hostages to be dead, the troops breached the criminals' stronghold. Cretzer and two of his cohorts, [[Coy]] and [[Hubbard]], were shot dead during the assault.
The surviving mutineers were tried, their lawyers paid for by donations from fellow prisoners. After a unanimous guilty verdict, [[Judge Goodman]] sentenced [[Shockley]] and [[Thompson]] to death in the gas chamber, and life imprisonment for [[Carnes]], a Native American criminal.
In [[Robot universe#1963|1963]], the high council of the penitentiary administration decided that, between the prisoners and the families of warders living on the island, the upkeep of Alcatraz was financially untenable. By the 15th of May that year, the [[A2 1041|last prisoners on Alcatraz]] were transferred elsewhere. Despite plans, the buildings were left unoccupied.
Carnes wasn't the only Native American to take residence on the Rock. On the 8th of March, [[Robot universe#1964|1964]], five Native American protestors occupied the land to try and claim it back from the United States. On the 9th of November, another group of Native Americans led by [[Richard Oakes]] invaded the island for similar reasons. The occupation was ended by a sudden outbreak of fire on the 11th of June, [[Robot universe#1971|1971.]]
[[Robot universe#1973|Two years later]], President [[Nixon]] signed a plan to refurbish Alcatraz island as a tourist destination, leading to today, where tourists from all over the world are shown around the grim facility.
==Featured characters==
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|h1=Cops
|c1=*[[James A. Johnston]]
*[[Judge Goodman]]
*Foreperson of the jury
*High council of the penitentiary administration
*President [[Nixon]]
'''[[Alcatraz]] staff'''
*Guards
*Wardens
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|h2=Robbers
|c2=*Various prisoners
*[[Joe Bowers]]
*[[Robert Stroud]]
*[[Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe|Theodore Cole]]
*[[Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe|Ralph Roe]]
*"[[A2 1041]]" and cohorts
'''Mutineers'''
*[[Joseph Cretzer]]
*[[Coy]]
*[[Hubbard]]
*[[Shockley]]
*[[Thompson]]
*[[Carnes]]
|h3=Others
|c3=*Pelicans
*Captain
**Captain's subordinate
*[[Billy]]
**Billy's mom
*[[Richard Oakes|"Indian" protestors]]
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