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Birdman in segregation
This 1940 architectural plan for improvements to the U.S. Penitentiary at Alcatraz shows details of the first floor and second and third tiers of Cell Block D....
Guarding Capone
This 1940 architectural plan for improvements to the U.S. Penitentiary at Alcatraz shows details and the locations of two new guard towers. Situated on an island in...
Oleo Gang
This prisoner, Joseph Wirth, was convicted of selling Oleomargarine, colored to look like butter, without paying the 10 cents per pound tax. He spent more than three...
Oleo Gang
This prisoner, convicted of selling Oleomargarine, colored to look like butter, without paying the 10 cents per pound tax, were sentenced from one to five years at...
Prisoner exchange
Adjutant of the 6th Wisconsin, 1st Lt. Edward P. Brooks, was captured on November 4, 1863, at Greenville, Virginia, and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond. Four months...
Severe overcrowding
Camp Douglas, the Union prison camp in Chicago, Illinois, grew quickly and was poorly administered by a series of commandants. Prisoners accused several of cruelty....
The Birdman of Alcatraz roosted here
Robert Stroud, more familiarly known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, served 11 of his 17 years in the prison hospital in this 1940 architectural plan. Situated on an...
Search results 1 - 7 of 7 for the tag Prison