The prison was closed after 29 years of operation. It did not close because of the disappearance of Morris and the Anglins. That decision was made long before the three disappeared, but mostly because the institution was too expensive to continue operating.
It is now a tourist attraction and venue for concerts.
Costing too much money to keep it operating.
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy shut down Alcatraz to usher in the new "reform & rehabilitate" era of the US prison system, as well.
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