The Battle of Alcatraz, which lasted from May 2 to 4, 1946, was the result of an escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary by armed convicts. Two Federal Bureau of Prisons officers—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed. Three inmates were also killed during the incident. Fourteen other officers and one uninvolved convict were also injured. Two of the perpetrators were executed in 1948 for their roles.
Alcatraz cellhouse shelled by mortars, May 3, 1946
Bernard Coy, Marvin Hubbard and Joe Cretzer
Sam Shockley
Bodies of Hubbard (left), Coy (center), and Cretzer (right) in San Francisco morgue
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States. The site of a fort since the 1850s, the main prison building was built in 1910–12 as a U.S. Army military prison.
The prison sits atop Alcatraz Island.
Alcatraz Main Cellhouse
Entrance
Alcatraz laundry service