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'''The history of the prison island of [[Alcatraz]], from pelicans, to prisoners, to protestors, to park visitors.'''
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*Alcatraz is said to have been uninhabited for a long time before [[w:World War I|World War I]], when it had been a military prison since 1868. The comic calls it a "prisoner-of-war camp", which is a bit of an oversimplification; during this time, it held [[w:American Civil War|Civil War]] prisoners, Native American protestors and, during World War I, conscientious objectors.
*The comic gives January the 1st, 1934 as some sort of significant date for the prison. In reality, the penitentiary opened its doors on August 11th that year.
*The reasoning behind Joseph Bowers' escape attempt is disputed, with his being out of bounds attributed to
*Robert Stroud, the famed Birdman of Alcatraz, was not actually permitted to keep birds in the prison. He did so in his previous incarceration at [[w:United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth|Leavenworth]].
*Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe's escape attempt wasn't via a wash-house; they went through the window of a "mat shop", a room where prisoners turned discarded tyres into rubber mats for the U.S. Navy.
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