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This study provides the only available chronologically complete history of Alcatraz Island. It challenges many commonly held assumptions about Alcatraz as a prison for dangerous criminals. This study clearly demonstrates that Alcatraz and Alcatraz inmates were not what most people believe them to have been. With the exception of a handful of colorful high profile prisoner's e.g. Al Capone, the Birdman of Alcatraz, the inmates were remarkably like those in other federal penitentiaries. Although not excessively brutal, as Hollywood movies depicted it, the institution was harsh in its own way. This work should appeal to a wide audience from the public in general and to those in academic institutions.

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... a comprehensive, nuanced, up-to-date account of America's most famous island... (Prof. John Holian Cuyahoga Community College) ... an important addition to the extensive literature on Alcatraz, Besides its use of comparative prison data to effectively challenge the myth of the federal prison's exceptionalism, it also provides a nearly chronologically complete history of the island. (Prof. James Borchert Cleveland State University)

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