This Day in History: Al Capone died on this day in 1947. Capone, also known as "Scarface" was famously incarcerated in the Alcatraz Island Prison off the coast of San Francisco. Alcatraz is now a major tourist attractions with 1.5 million visitors annually. Alcatraz is not alone. The Tower of London prison is also a tourist draw, as is Devil's Island (Papillon), Old Melbourne Gaol, Oxford Castle and Mandela's Robben Island prison. In fact, some prisons have been converted into hotels, such as the Ottawa Jail Hostel, Charles Street Jail (now Boston's Liberty Hotel), and one in Germany called, interestingly enough, the Alcatraz Hotel.
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