These Historical Photos Will Make You Wish You Could Turn Back Time

Final Prisoners Leave Alcatraz

This photo taken in 1963 shows a row of inmates all filed in a single line as they prepare to leave Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. The prison was said to be inescapable and was built that way for prisoners who were difficult and dangerous and impossible to handle at other, less secured prisons. Unfortunately, it cost more money to maintain than the government was willing to fork out, so after a 1962 escape attempt, authorities decided to shut the prison down for good and relocate the prisoners to other prisons.