Wardens and convicts are killed during a gun battle at Alcatraz prison. San Francisco, USA.
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Prisoners exhibit and sell their art at San Quentin prison.
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America's toughest prison, Alcatraz, closes down.
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Two prisoners hold others hostage at gun point but finally surrender and free their hostages.
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Escape attempt from Alcatraz prison in San Francisco fails.
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Famous American prison is to be replaced by a new prison called 'Marian'.
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Exterior and Interior of San Quentin prison and its inmates.
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Caryl Chessman is finally executed after prison failed to get the latest stay of execution in time.
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Prisoners in Ohio State Penitentiary take part in cancer tests. America.
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Women prisoners restoring broken dolls for needy children, men repairing boys toys.
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Oklahoma State Prison convicts organise a rodeo.
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Servicemen are called in to quell a fierce mutiny in the Missouri State Penitentiary.
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Prisoners barricade themselves in at Rahway and at Jackson Prison, where riot flares in conflict with State police
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Wardens and convicts are killed during a gun battle at Alcatraz prison.
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A riot in Auburn State Penitentiary leads to death and destruction. New York, America (USA, U.S.A.).
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Firemen put out the last of the fire in a prison which killed 319 men who were locked in their cells. Columbus, Ohio. America (USA, U.S.A.).
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Prisoners play an American Football match in jail.
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Good shots from inside a prison in California.
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