Alcatraz

A photo essay and account of the evolution of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco from its origins through its era as a military fort, military prison and federal penitentiary through its transition to a popular National Park with over 1 million visitors a year.


Fabled for its notorious prisoners and fourteen different escape attempts, it has been used to tell the stories of crime and intrigue for decades. Al Capone said, "Alcatraz has got me licked."