"America's Devil's Island," was the quote given to Alcatraz because of its similarities to the famous Devil's Island prison of France. In the making of Alcatraz, the Federal Bureau of Prisons decided to take the small island in the San Francisco Bay and make the military fort and jail into a brand new prison. Alcatraz used electric gates and armed guards in and outside of the prison, which made it different from other prisons. In addition, Alcatraz had some of the most dangerous inmates held there. Some of the prisoners were popular such as Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Albert Bates, Harvey Bailey and John Dillinger. Since Alcatraz had such a notorious reputation for keeping prisoners from escaping and it held famous inmates, movie industries made two films based on this penitentiary. Therefore, throughout the years of 1934 and 1963, people named Alcatraz the most talked about prison because of it's invincible structure, famous mobsters, and it was the set of tw!
             First, Alcatraz was the only prison on an island. This idea was from the Federal Bureau of prisons, which had changed the War Departments old military fort into a new and invincible prison. Although, some characterized the "Rock" or Alcatraz as escape proof, there have been successful escapes. When the new addition was added to Alcatraz, the walls were rotting and repairs had not been made. Since the walls were rotted, a prisoner named Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz. Frank Morris was the first inmate ever to escape from this prison. As a result from the escape, Alcatraz received publicity from all around the world making it one of the most talked about prisons. Thus,
             given that Alcatraz was supposed to be an escape-proof prison and an inmate did escape, it received more exposure from the media.
             In addition, the media named Alcatraz to be the most talked-about prison because of the famous mobsters, which were currently h
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