Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Alcatraz, San Francisco



The audio guide directs you around the cellhouse comprising four blocks - A, B, C and D which is 'solitary' or 'the hole' as the prisoners referred to it. The central corridor is named 'Broadway'. The guide includes commentary from former prisoners. One of these tells how he could depressingly hear music, even voices carrying across the water from the city if the wind was blowing the right direction. As the sun streams through the barred windows I imagine how frustrating it would be to be trapped here.

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