The Rock Goes Quiet - Alcatraz Closure

On March 21, 1963, America's most feared prison doesn't fall to riot or escape — it falls to a spreadsheet. The Rock, home to Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly, closes its iron doors forever, not because anyone broke free, but because the federal government simply can't afford to keep the myth alive anymore. Scroll through 29 years of legend and the surprisingly quiet moment it all went dark.

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