print email comment close Alcatraz Island URL: http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz/ Description: This site for Alcatraz Island provides both popular and little-known historical information about this former penitentiary. Details include famous inmates (such as Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly), the January 1895 imprisonment of "the largest single group of Indian prisoners [in the United States]," its military history, and its role in the Indian Occupation Movement of 1969. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Author: United States. National Park Service Publisher: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service Extra Keywords birdman Library of Congress Subject Headings: Alcatraz Island (Calif.) LII Database Information: Record 6315 created by Mitzi Kanbara on 05/06/2000 Last modification on 09/14/2009 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 08/22/2008 Published: 05/06/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6315