The Maximum Security Prison 1934 - 1963 Alcatraz The Maximum Security Prison 1934 - 1963

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Al Capone Al Capone was born in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York to poor immigrants. He quit school at 12. Then he worked in a bowling alley and joined a gang. At 18, he moved his criminals to Chicago, and slowly took over organized crime there. The press called him ‘Scarface’. He killed at least 4 people himself, and ordered dozens of other murders. His organisation made about $100 million a year from gambling, bootlegging and extortion. He had a bullet-proof Cadillac limousine. In 1932, it was seized by the Treasury department. They sent it to Washington, and used it to transport President Roosevelt. Found guilty of tax evasion (avoiding paying taxes) in the same year, Capone was jailed for 8 years. He wasn’t convicted of any other crime. During his sentence, Prohibition ended, his gang fell apart, and he grew ill from syphilis. Once released in 1939, he moved to Florida. He died in 1947.

Laundry/sewing room

Recreation Yard

Lighthouse

Library

Dining hall

Cells

D block cells

Spanish Dungeons

Escape From Alcatraz

Fun facts 8 inmates were killed by other inmates; Alcatraz means ‘pelicans’ ; During James C Lucas’s time at Alcatraz, he was convicted of murder, bank robbery and escaping from a Texan prison, he stabbed Al Capone, murdered a prison guard, attempted an escape in which one prisoner was killed, sentenced to life, spent six years in isolation, released in 1958 and died in 1998; Inmates requested transfers to Alcatraz.

QUIZ!

Name all four inmates involved in the 1962 escape.

Frank Morris, John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, Allen West.

When did James Lucas die?

1998.

Which country was the dungeon named after?

Spain.

What did Al Capone grow ill of?

Syphilis.

How many acres was Alcatraz Island?

22.