Alcatraz Prison Museum: The Rock

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES - APRIL 15: The photos of inmates in "The Rock" former high-security prison in San Francisco Bay of California, on April 15, 2015. 'The Rock', the island of Alcatraz served first as a military fortification, before it became a federal penitentiary in 1934. Now Alcatraz is national recreation area under the supervision of the National Park Service (NPS) with more than a million visitors a year taking the short ferry ride from San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf to experience the infamous maximum-security prison for high-risk convicts. Alcatraz Island appears often in media and popular culture, including films dating from 1962: The Book of Eli , X-Men: The Last Stand, Catch Me If You Can, The Rock, Murder in the First, Escape from Alcatraz, The Enforcer, Birdman of Alcatraz, and J. J. Abrams' 2012 television series Alcatraz. (Photo by Sabri Celebioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)