The History of Alcatraz. The citizens of San Francisco were not at all overjoyed to have a federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island. Watch A Crack In The Floor Dailymotion'>Watch A Crack In The Floor Dailymotion. Throughout October 1. San Francisco Chronicle listed group after group who opposed the scheme. Chief of Police William J. Quinn, the Police Commission, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors spoke out against a federal prison for gangsters on the island. An editorial in the Chronicle argued that Alcatraz was too close to the city to be a summer resort for bad men. Professional gangsters, it said, would have outside friends who would help them escape. It recounted that over the years 1. The Federation of Womens Clubs joined the uproar of protests. Two young women, Doris Mc. Leod and Gloria Scigliano, made separate and successful swims out to the island to demonstrate how easily it could be done by an escaping prisoner. In January 1. 93. Chronicle proposed that a statue of peace be erected on Alcatraz instead of a prison. But the protests fell on deaf ears the Justice Department continued its planning. In October 1. 93. Justice Department prepared a statement saying that it had completed arrangements for taking over the military prison. A list of strange, silly, and wacky street names. About once a week you get a wacky dumb criminal story in the newspaper, like the guy who tries to rob a police station, or the dude who sticks up a bank and then. Dumb and Dumber is a 1994 American buddy comedy road film starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. It was written by the Farrelly brothers and Bennett Yellin, and is the. An incompetently made thriller that forgets the fun part of dumb fun. Stressing the security of the island, the statement pointed out that Alcatraz had long been known as one of the best disciplined and most secure penal institutions in the country. 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It was readily apparent that the Bureau of Prisons required time to remodel the prison before the first federal prisoners could be brought there. Thus the military prisoners continued to operate the laundry, while the Bureau of Prisons revamped the prison facilities. The records indicate that the two agencies cooperated amazingly well during the transition period. The army permit contained several other conditions and agreements besides the laundry services. A yearlong manhunt ended last weekend, when police arrested a gang of five Romanian stunt thieves near a large collection of Van Gogh paintings in the Netherlands. We have told you not to stare at the Sun today. We have told you to use safety glasses. We have tried so very hard, and we are so very tired. Dumb Criminals: The Movie Full Movie' title='Dumb Criminals: The Movie Full Movie' />The military turned over motor launch General Mc. Dowell to the Justice Department this was General Mc. Dowell II and not the grand old steamer. The army water boat was to continue to furnish water to Alcatraz on its regular harbor runs with the Justice Department paying its share of the cost. No buildings were to be erected on the island without the approval of the War Department. The army reserved the submarine telephone and telegraph cables, 3. Justice Department, perhaps the most important of these being J. H. Mc. Fadden, the islands superintendent of construction. Sanford Bates, director of the Bureau of Prisons, recognized early that some repairs and improvements would have to be undertaken to make Alcatraz a place of maximum security. One important major change would be that of replacing the open hearth steel window bars with tool proof steel. Bates also considered the installation of gas and gun metal detectors. He wrote the Prison Equipment Bureau in Cincinnati, Ohio, asking if it would send an expert to Alcatraz to determine what had to be done. Robert C. Bunge, consulting engineer, completed his report for the Prison Equipment Research Bureau in November 1. In addition to its importance in describing the changes to be made, Bunges report also disclosed some modifications that had been made to the prison since Colonel Turner drew his plans of the building in 1. In contrast to the army regime, prisoners were now to be restricted to only the area containing the prison, the utility building at the northwest end of the island, and the laundry shops building adjacent to the power plant. The entire eastern side of the island from the powerhouse to and including the southeastern end of the island would be off limits to convicts. It was necessary, said Bunge, to seal off the old communication tunnel from fortification days that ran across the island, its western end being in the prison work area The tunnel that runs from the power house across to buildings no 8. This can be done by installing a tool proof grated door in either or both ends of the tunnel. Grated doors were installed at both ends of the tunnel. Watch Ben-Hur HD 1080P there. Later the west end was sealed off with concrete also. Bunges report also made the following recommendations Guard barracks building 6. Bunge thought it should be used as quarters for guard personnel however, its entire interior should be gutted as it was wooden and a dangerous firetrap. Disciplinary barracks building 6. Shower room in basement, put tool proof window guards on all windows and a new steel plate door with observation panel in it between shower room and hall. Rest of basement put tool proof window guards on all windows. Replace all doorways with new plate or grating doors and frames. In the northwest corner is a tunnel carrying the steampipes, electric lines, waterlines, etc. At present it is possible to lift an iron cover over this tunnel entrance and get out of the building. Enclose this area with a tool proof grating having a door. First floor Put in a cutoff plate and door leading from the outer to the inner hall the door to have an observation and speaking panel. Put new double plate and grating doors with speaking panel in the entrance between the inner hall and the cell room proper the door to have observation and speaking panel. Hawaii Five 0 Season 2 Episode 23. Put new plate door with speaking and observation panel between the inner hall and the squad room. This will be a temporary means for visitors to communicate with prisoners. Put new window guard in the lavatory in the inner hall. Enclose with a tool proof grating the stair area for the stairs that go from the inner hall to the second floor. Remove the soft steel grating and wood that forms the entrance between the commandants room and the cellblock, and concrete up this opening. Put tool proof window guards on all windows of the cell room proper. Put new double plate and grating doors between the cell room and the outside stairway on the northeast corner of the cell room one of the old granite entrances from the former Citadel. This is the doorway that eventually will be used as an entrance to the industrial area from the cellblock proper. Put new grating door between cell room and mess hall, to be the sliding slam door type. Put new double plate and grating doors from cell room to the outside stairs on the northwest corner of the building which is another entrance to the industrial area through the stockade. Put new double grating and plate doors between cell room and the sentrys walk on the wall around the enclosed recreation area stockade. All plate doors to have observation panels.