Alcatraz Prison is another prison that is located on its own island known as Alcatraz Island, which is almost two miles off the coast of San Francisco. Out of all the other prisons you hear about today, this one is among the most famous, or at least the most well known and memorable names. Notably, if you’re familiar with the show Mythbusters, they have an episode dedicated to testing if prisoners could successfully escape from Alcatraz Prison, which in history has been said to have happened a few times before. Although the beauty of the prison comes from the fact that it sits on its own island, and the architecture is dated, it was still known as a high security prison, so I would not have expected the living arrangements to be anywhere near comfortable. It is nice to look at, however, and it seems to be a very popular tourist attraction to those who are interested in this sort of thing.