Alcatraz: Living Hell

Saturday, April 9 at 7.30pm on The History Channel

Alcatraz was the America’s first maximum security penitentiary, holding infamous gangsters and cons like Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, “The Birdman” Robert Stroud and many other criminals who were no less dangerous. Over 29 years, these desperate inmates challenged the prison again and again. The Rock was tough, but the inmates were convinced they were tougher.

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