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CONTENTS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison PART I. ALCATRAZ FROM 1934 TO 1948 1. The Federal Government’s War on “Public Enemies” 2. A New Form of Imprisonment 3. Selecting the “Worst of the Worst” 4. The Program 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts 7. Alcatraz on Trial 8. The War Years 9. The Battle of Alcatraz PART II. LIFE ON THE ROCK FOR RESISTERS AND PUBLIC ENEMIES 10. Resistance and Adaptation 11. Outlaws among Outlaws 12. Celebrity Prisoners PART III. ALCATRAZ AS AN EXPERIMENT IN PENAL POLICY 13. Return to the Free World 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons EPILOGUE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY ABOUT THE AUTHORS INDEX

Who reads Alcatraz : The Gangster Years?

Author

Ward, David, Gene Kassebaum

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9786612772481

Category

history

Subjects

History, Social Science, Humanities

Rating

4.7 / 5 (55 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14