TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ward,David A.
TI  - Alcatraz: the gangster years
SN  - 9780520256071 (alk. paper)
U1  - 365.979461  
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Prisons
KW  - California
KW  - Alcatraz Island
KW  - History
KW  - Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-522) and index; Part I. Alcatraz from 1934 to 1948

1. The Federal Government's War on Public Enemies	
2. A New Form of Imprisonment	
3. Selecting the "Worst of the Worst"	
4. The "Program" 	
5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested	
6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts 	
7. Alcatraz on Trial 	
8. The War Years 	
9. The Battle of Alcatraz 	

Part II. Life on the Rock For Resisters and Public Enemies

10. Resistance and Adaptation	
11. Outlaws among Outlaws: Individual Resisters	
12. Celebrity Prisoners	
Part III. Alcatraz as an Experiment in Penal Policy
13. Return to the Free World	
14. Lessons from Alcatraz for "Supermax" Prisons	

ER  -