Harry Potter | Azkaban | Wizarding World https://www.harrypotter.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/azkaban
Azkaban has existed since the fifteenth century and was not originally a prison at all. The island in the North Sea upon which the first fortress was built never appeared on any map, Muggle or wiza…
Author’s note The name ‘Azkaban’ derives from a mixture of the prison ‘Alcatraz’, which is its closest