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A breakfast menu is still preserved on the hallway board, dated 21 March 1963. The breakfast menu included assorted dry cereals, steamed whole wheat, a scrambled egg, milk, stewed fruit, toast, bread, and butter. Lunch was served in the dining hall at 11:20, followed by a 30-minute rest in the cell,
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Alcatraz was reportedly the best in the United States prison system. On the second floor was an auditorium, which was where movies were screened for the inmates at
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