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Alcatraz Library. Alcatraz Library was a library for inmates at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.It was located at the end of D-Block. On entering Alcatraz, every inmate received a library card [1] and a catalog of books found in the library.
Alcatraz Library was located at the end of D-Block. Upon entering Alcatraz, every inmate was given a library card and a catalog of books found in the library. Inmates could place orders by putting a slip with their card in a box at the entrance to the dining hall before breakfast, and the books would be delivered to and from their cell by a ...
Lowe, Jan. "Alcatraz, Warden's House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County". CA PHOTOS FROM SURVEY HABS CA-1792-B Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress "The Warden's House on Fire" (Photograph). 17 April 2012.
Alcatraz Island (/ ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. [1] The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison.
The Social Hall building can be seen between the water tower and the powerhouse on the right. The club had a small bar, library, large dining and dance floor, billiards table, ping pong table and a two-lane bowling alley, and was the center of social life on the island for the employees of the penitentiary.
The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, nicknamed The Rock, stopped operating as a prison in 1963, the year after the men’s escape (Courtesy of San Francisco Public Library)
Associate Warden, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (1934–37) Cecil John Shuttleworth (March 24, 1892 – May 23, 1963) was an American prison administrator. He was the first Associate Warden of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary under James A. Johnston from 1934. [ 1 ]
The Occupation of Alcatraz (November 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971) was a 19-month long occupation by 89 American Indians and their supporters of Alcatraz Island and its prison complex, classified as abandoned surplus federal land. [1]