Last updated: January 28, 2021
Place
Alcatraz Recreation Yard
![Visitors walking across the concrete recreation yard with steep wide stairs.](/common/uploads/cropped_image/primary/C9202F13-B80F-8158-716F0F2E1C3D30C2.jpg?width=1600&quality=90&mode=crop)
Kelvin Lim
Quick Facts
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The recreation yard is an outdoor area on the west side of D-Block next to the Dining Hall surrounded by a high wall and fence facing the mainland. Here, inmates were afforded a chance to relax, play games like baseball and exercise. Still, even in this welcome respite from the cellblock, the inmates were closely guarded. The yard was surrounded by a catwalk along the exterior walls where armed guards would watch the men at play, so 'relaxation' in this case, was a relative term.