Is "Murder in the First" a true story?
Here is the most complete answer that I have found and agree with!! Murder in the First

How can I get tickets to Alcatraz?
Check out my Travel Page

May I borrow some of your pictures?
Sure! Just make sure you give me credit.

Do you have any underground plans of Alcatraz?
Our new park archive in the Presidio of San Francisco has literally dozens of 19th century plans and photos of Alcatraz, including ones showing the now-subterranean rooms of the Citadel. This is not the tunnels as featured in The Rock (they do not exist).

Has anyone ever escaped from Alcatraz?
That depends on who you ask. There were five men who tried to escape and were never found. All were presumed dead.

Any Alcatraz fan clubs or newsletters?
Uhhhh, no. This is the part where I get tons of irate e-mails from people all over the world who maintain thousands of different Alcatraz newsletters and lists. Hey maybe this is the part where I start a Yahoo group... In fact, here Alcatraz Island Yahoo Group

Yours truly the Chief Editor

Do you think Alcatraz was closed because of the brutality to prisoners?
That's a loaded question! No, I think there were many factors in the closing of Alcatraz.

Was there an electric chair/gas chamber at Alcatraz?
First let me say that I am not a law student or anything of the sort. To my knowledge, the death penalty is both assigned and carried out be each individual state. Since Alcatraz was a federal penitentiary, there was probably no death penalty sentences carried out there. Even if Alcatraz had an inmate on death row, that inmate would probably have been sent to San Quentin or Folsom State Prison for execution. For more infomation check out this site.

How do I contact the giftshop?
The bookstore on the island is as close as you'll get on-line. If you want that go to the National Parks Service page.

Babyak, Jolene. Eyewitness on Alcatraz: Interviews with Guards, Families, & Prisoners Who Lived on the Rock. Ariel Vamp Press: Berkley, 1988.

Delgado, James. Alcatraz Island of Change. Golden Gate National Park Association: Hong Kong, 1991.

Fuller, James, et al. Alcatraz: Federal Penitentiary. Asteron Production: San Francisco, 1982.

Martini, John. Fortress Alcatraz: Guardian of the Golden Gate. Pacific Monograph: Kailua, 1990.

Odier, Pierre. Alcatraz: The Rock: A History of Alcatraz: The Fort/The Prison. L'Image Odier: Eagle Rock, 1982.

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