Colored image of Alcatraz Island from a distance.

Seven Prisons

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

30 - 60 minutes
7 tour stops

This thirty-minute walking tour takes you to the sites of six different prisons on Alcatraz Island and connects their stories with our criminal justice system today, the “seventh prison.” While we explore the different sites, ask yourselves about the purpose of incarcerating people in these prisons. Did these prisons serve their purpose, and do our prisons today?

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