Robert Stroud
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Robert Franklin Stroud, popularly known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was an American murderer and federal prisoner who became an ornithologist and author while imprisoned at Leavenworth. He was one o
Stroud c.1912
USP Leavenworth
Stroud c. 1920s
Stroud c. late 1930s
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,
Robert Stroud
…for raising canaries, published two books on avian diseases, and made several important contributions to avian pathology. In 1942 he was transferred to Alcatraz after prison officials discovered he had been using equipment supplied for his bird research to manufacture alcohol. There he was no longer permitted…
The prison sits atop Alcatraz Island, 2013
The main cellhouse on Alcatraz
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Alcatraz laundry service