Industrial Buildings

On Alcatraz, work was considered a privilege, and most inmates labored five days a week at menial jobs such as making military uniforms and refinishing furniture. Convicts worked in two large factory buildings separated from the rest of the island by double fences topped with barbed wire. The three-story building at the tip of the island was called Model Shop because it was designed to serve as a model of rehabilitation for prisoners. Built by the Army in 1922, it contained carpentry, plumbing, and blacksmith shops. The long two-story building, known as New Industries, was constructed by the Bureau of Prisons in 1940 and served as a laundry, dry cleaning plant, and tailor shops.

San Francisco, California · United States