| Alcatraz is famous for having housed some | | | | and kidnapping had already been in the gangster |
| famous gangsters and criminals. Most of these | | | | business by 1927. In 1933, Kelly received life |
| prisoners were those considered dangerous, | | | | sentence for the kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel, |
| disobedient, escape risks and known for | | | | a wealthy businessman and his friend Walter R. |
| committing serious crimes such as murder, | | | | Jarrett. He was first incarcerated in Leavenworth, |
| racketeering, smuggling etc. | | | | Kansas and was later transferred to Alcatraz in |
| Al Capone, one of the most notorious gangsters | | | | 1934 due to his constant escape threats. |
| in America, was born in New York in 1899. He | | | | Henry "Henri" Young started his career as a bank |
| started his career in Brooklyn before moving to | | | | robber and committed murder in 1933, was found |
| Chicago and had already been on the Bureau of | | | | guilty and served time in different state prisons. In |
| Investigation's ""Most Wanted"" list by the end of | | | | 1935 he was sent to the U.S. Penitentiary on |
| the 1920s. Al Capone was indicted and convicted | | | | McNeil Island in Washington State and was |
| for income tax evasion in 1931, and found guilty | | | | transferred to Alcatraz in the same year. In 1942, |
| on five counts. In 1932, he was initially sent to an | | | | he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter |
| Atlanta prison, and then finally transferred to | | | | after he stabbed a fellow inmate to death. His |
| Alcatraz in August of 1934. | | | | life-story was made famous by the Warner |
| George "Machine Gun" Kelly Barnes, infamous for | | | | Brothers movie, "Murder in the First". |
| crimes, which included bootlegging, armed robbery | | | | |