According to historical accounts, out of the 36 Alcatraz inmates who tried to flee before the prison was closed in March 1963 ...

The pistol owned by the notorious Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone, which he nicknamed ... half years in federal prison in Atlanta and at Alcatraz Penitentiary off the coast of San Francisco.

Al Capone got an icy reception when he arrived ... where he enjoyed privileges denied other prisoners, to Alcatraz. Capone was a good prisoner, but his health was in sharp decline.

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Alcatraz, a maximum-security prison, was operational between 1934 and 1963. American gangster Al Capone was among its most famous inmates. The prison was later reopened as a museum.