Why was it built?

Was built before the civil war to protect San Francisco from an attack that never came.

Was build as a defense point first from Mexico and then from Japan

So after all that happened did they decide to make it into a prison?

It was built as a fort during the civil war. After war, P.O.Ws held there stayed, and criminals ended up in the mix later on

For the guards, and the wardens

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