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 off the coast of San Francisco, California,
The prison sits atop Alcatraz Island, 2013
The main cellhouse on Alcatraz
Entrance
Alcatraz laundry service
Battle of Alcatraz
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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. Mi
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