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Small island in San Francisco Bay,
California, USA. Its fortress was a military
prison 1886-1934 and then a federal
penitentiary until closed 1963. The dangerous
tides allowed few successful escapes. Inmates
included the gangster Al Capone and the
`Birdman of Alcatraz', a prisoner who used
his time in solitary confinement to become an
authority on caged birds. American Indian
`nationalists' briefly took over the island
1970 as a symbol of their lost heritage.