5A Will Jarratt The Misconception of Alcatraz

On Alcatraz, baseball was popular talk amongst the inmates, but softball is what they played. Inmates were allowed a few hours of yard time on the weekend. Softball was played on a small diamond on the recreation yard. There were no team uniforms, but gloves, bats, and balls were provided.

Cheers echoed throughout the cellhouse as nearly 300 inmates heard the Brooklyn Dodgers shutout the New York Yankees 2-0 and win their first championship

For Alcatraz, inmates who had been served a death sentence were transferred to San Quentin State Penitentiary for execution in the Gas Chamber.

For Alcatraz, inmates who had been served a death sentence were transferred to San Quentin State Penitentiary for execution in the Gas Chamber.

For Alcatraz, inmates who had been served a death sentence were transferred to San Quentin State Penitentiary for execution in the Gas Chamber.

George "Machine Gun" Kelly is probably considered one of the most famous "gangsters" from the prohibition era. "Machine Gun" was born George Kelly Barnes on July 18, 1895, to a wealthy family living in Memphis, Tennessee.

Kelly's early years as a child were essentially uneventful and his family raised him in a traditional household.

Roast shoulder of pork, beef pot pie anglaise, zucchini saute and baked meat croquettes conjure up images of an evening at a fancy French restaurant and not mealtimes at the infamous Alcatraz prison.

Robert Stroud, who was better known to the public as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," was probably the most famous inmate ever to reside on Alcatraz.