by David Ward
in battle of Alcatraz
book of
on Branch’s murder
changes in behavior of
on disciplinary segregation
encouragement for
escape attempt of
parole of
postrelease success of
on Stroud
transferred to McNeil Island, then San Quentin
on treatment of Alcatraz transferees
Quinn William J.
race
radio
Radkay, William “Willie”
Raiford (FL) Prison
rape. See also sex offenders
Rapid City (SD) Journal
Ray, Garold (U.S. probation officer)
Real Detective Magazine
recidivism: expectations of
statistics on
by subgroup. See also inmates, post-Alcatraz failures
inmates, post-Alcatraz successes
recreational activities
Red Rock Island
Reed Otto
Reed, P. F.
Reed, Richard “the Shoe-bomber”
Reese, Charlotte P.
rehabilitation philosophy: at Alcatraz, applied
at Alcatraz, discarded
S. Bates on
emergence of
emphasis on
failures of
questions about
Reis fred
religion: access to services
description of programs
inmates’interests in. See also Clark, Joseph M.
Reno Gazette
resistance: convict code and
motivations for
organized vs. individual
plotting escape as
prison control vs.
resistance, individual: acts not tolerated in
forms of
motivations in
overview of
patterns of
persistence in
self-destructiveness in
suicide as
specific examples of: Butler
Grove
Hensley
Neumer
Phillips
Urbaytis
Waley. See also coping mechanisms writ writers (inmates)
resistance, organized: categories of
overview of
participants in
spread of. See also hunger strikes
protests and strikes
Rice, J. H.
Richardson, Scovel
Richberger, Fred
Ritchey (doctor): on Butler
on escapees
on Giacalone
on good time forfeiture board
on Hensley
mentioned
on Phillips
Waley’s suicide attempt and
Roberts, Frank
Robertson, Robert
Robinson, Thomas
Robinson Crusoe (Defoe)
Roche, Michael: Giles’s escape trial before
post-trial evaluation of
Young’s murder trial before
The Rock (film)
Roe, Ralph: Capone on
correspondence courses of
criminal activities of
escape of
solitary confinement of
Stamphill’s reading about
Rolph, Thomas
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: appointees of
circle of
public-enemy mythology countered by
sentence commuted by
Rorer, William (FBI agent)
Rosenberg, Ethel
Rosenberg, Julius
Roucek (doctor)
rules and regulations: book of
on cafeteria behavior
contraband defined in
exploitation of
function of
on good time forfeiture
on isolation and solitary
lax enforcement of
on letter writing
on movies for inmates
no-nonsense approach to
operational guidelines and
on parole
resistance to
on silence
on solitary confinement
trial testimony on
on visitors. See also daily routines
resistance
Runyon, Damon
Russell, Bertrand
Ruth, David E.
Ryan
Rychner, Emil
Sabin
Saga magazine
Sanders, Thomas J.
San Francisco: Alcatraz protested and criticized in
bootlegging in
curiosity about Alcatraz in
earthquake in
news of battle of Alcatraz in
parole rules and concerns of
releasee’s suicide in
search for escapees in
transport to Alcatraz from
WWII fears in
San Francisco Bay: bodies fished from
searched for escapees
“surfboards”
for
swimming in
as ultimate barrier
WWII concerns about
San Francisco Call Bulletin
San Francisco Chronicle: Alcatraz conditions sensationalized in
Alcatraz citing protested by
on battle of Alcatraz
on Capone
on escapes
on Spanish dungeons
on Young’s murder trial and prison conditions
San Francisco Examiner: on arrival of first inmates
on battle of Alcatraz trial
call for Alcatraz’s removal in
defense attorney hired by
on escapes and escape attempts
on food protest
on Lucas and Franklin’s trial
on Waley’s testimony
on Young’s murder trial and prison conditions
San Francisco News: on Alcatraz conditions
on Capone’s transfer
on Waley’s testimony
on Young’s murder trial and prison conditions
Sankey, Verne
San Quentin prison (CA): Alcatraz compared with
death row of
executions in
guards from, in battle of Alcatraz
Santa Fe Railroad
Saturday Evening Post
Savage, Lem
Sawyer, Harry
Scarface (film)
Schmidt, Annesley K.
Schmidt, Dutch Louie
Schmidt, Ludwig
Schultz, Dutch
Schweickhardt, R. G. (FBI agent)
Scott, John Paul
secrecy: about prisoner transport
consequences of
cracks in regime of
deliberate fostering of
sensationalization in face of
set aside in 1947
security: enhancements of
evaluations of
FBI concerns about
gangster era context of
Hamilton’s reentry into prison and
implications of foiled escape attempts for
lax enforcement of
weaknesses in
WWII military presence as. See also escape attempts and escapes
sentence length: average stay on Alcatraz
behavior based on
longest continuous at Alcatraz
transfers to Alcatraz based on. See also good time forfeiture
Severson, Alden
sex offenders: Butler as
inmates’ attitudes toward
limited number at Alcatraz
military prisoners as
Shannon, Ora: criminal activities of
imprisonment of
Kelly on
release of
sentence set aside
trial of
Shannon, R. G. “Boss”: criminal activities of
Kathryn’s letters to
Kelly on
trial of
Sharpe, Edwin
shaving routine
Shockley, Samuel: in battle of Alcatraz
behavior of
death penalty for
implicated in escape attempt
mental issues of
named as participant
planned prosecution of
protest of
trial of
Shumway, Leslie A.
Shuttleworth, C. J.: dungeon cells used by
prisoner identification by
role of
on security and discipline
work strike faced by
silent system: abandoned
impossibility of enforcing
isolative impact of
reimposed after battle
resistance to
solitary confinement for violating
Silloway, Frederick D.
Simpson, Joseph H.: in battle of Alcatraz
battle of Alcatraz testimony of
disability retirement of
suspension of
Waley’s hostility toward
Sink, George
Six Against the Rock (film)
Smith (FBI agent)
Smith, Adam
Smith, George
Smith, Herbert B.
“Snoopervision” (operation)
Snow, Cecil
Sobell, Morton
sodomy
solitary confinement: cells used for
coping mechanisms in
daily practices in
death in
escape attempt from
at Fort Leavenworth Annex
hunger strike and force-feeding in
Johnston on
lengthy stays in
meals in
quiet time in
rage in
security recommendations for
testimony on conditions in
types of
frequent use of
reasons for: attack on warden or staff
escape attempts
fighting
list of
misconduct
murder
protests and strikes
refusing to talk
refusing to work
resistance to regime
security. See also disciplinary segregation
South Dakota: crimes in
state penitentiary of (Sioux Falls)
Southern Pacific Railway
Spagnoli, Ernest
Spark, Welton
special treatment unit. See also disciplinary segregation
solitary confinement
Spencer, Al
spies as inmates
Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review
Springfield medical center. See Medical Center for Federal Prisoners (Springfield, MO)
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (Washington, DC)
St. Joseph’s College (Mountain View, CA)
St. Louis (MO) federal probation office
St. Paul Pioneer Press
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Stadig, John
Stamphill, Dale: alcohol problems of
behavior of
criminal activities of
escape attempts of
post-Alcatraz drift back into crime
post-release success of
protests and strikes of
recommended transfer of
sentence of
solitary confinement of
transfer of
Steere, Joseph
Stevens, Olin
Stevenson, Ray
Stewart, Clifford
Stites, Harold: in battle of Alcatraz
death of
escape attempt and
Lucas’s account on
memorialized in media
testimony of
Stoops, Clyde
Strange Cargo (film)
Stroud, Robert “Birdman”
Stucker, Edward: in battle of Alcatraz
escape attempt and
suicide attempts and suicides: inmates’
testimony on
releasee’s view of
as resistance
self-mutilation as or not
threats of
of specific men: Bowers
Dainard
Gardner
Grove
Stadig
Waley
Sullivan, Richard G. (U.S. probation officer)
Sullivan, William A. (FBI agent)
Sundstrom, Carl
super and supermax prisons: Alcatraz vs. current
assumptions about, contradicted
inmate conduct and
lessons of Alcatraz for
as minimum-privilege regime
murder of officers in
as new form of imprisonment
opening of
psychological effects of
questions about
rationale for. See also Administrative Max (ADX, Florence, CO)
Alcatraz
Marion (IL) federal supermax penitentiary
Swift Company
Swope, Edwin B. (warden): Bates’s case and
executions reported to
Karpis’s case and
Kelly’s case and
Waley escorted by
as warden
Sykes, Gresham M.
Tahash, Ralph
Tamm, E. A. (FBI agent)
Tanner, Willie May
Taylor, John C.
Taylor, Laurie
Teamsters Union
Teeters, Negley K.
Tennessee: crimes in
state penitentiary of. See also Brushy Mountain Prison (TN)
Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution (Los Angeles)
Terre Haute (IN) federal penitentiary
Terry, Patty
Texas: crimes in
federal correctional institution in
Public Enemies 1 and 2 of
reformatory of
state prison of. See also Dallas County Jail
Texas Border Patrol
Texas Department of Corrections
Texas Habitual Criminal Act
Texas Parole Board
Thayer, Earl
Thomas, Lafayette
Thompson, “Big Bill”
Thompson, Charles
Thompson, Erwin N.
Thompson, Miran “Blackie”: in battle of Alcatraz
criminal activities of
death penalty for
escape attempts of
explanation by
named as participant
planned prosecution of
trial of
Three Prisons Act (1891)
Time magazine
tobacco
Tolson, Clyde (FBI agent)
Torrio, Johnny
Touhy, Roger
Touhy gang
tours: current visitors
media
transfers from Alcatraz: adjustments made after
BOP questions about
of “corrected incorrigibles”
for exemplary behavior in battle
former and non-Alcatraz guards’ treatment of
good time issue in
for improved conduct
for medical reasons
requests for
testimony on
transfers to Alcatraz: absence of right to review
as achievement
for being strange
for being unreformable
criteria for
for escape attempts
as event of interest
for failure to conform
for length of sentence (and desperation)
for mental difficulties
of military prisoners
for murder of cell mate and long sentence
requests for
for writ writing
transportation of prisoners: to Alcatraz
of Capone
conditions on train in
consistent handling in
cruel and unusual conditions in
DOJ concerns about
escapes and escape attempts during
of Kelly
lack of public attention to
of lesser stature inmates
railroad cars for
secrecy about
sites viewed in
to Terminal Island
True magazine
trusty passes
tuberculosis
Tucker Prison Farm (AR)
Turano, Anthony
Underhill, Wilber
Underwood, Thomas
Unger, Robert
Union Station massacre: events of
Karpis linked to
legacy of
mentioned
scholarship on
United Press International
University of California: correspondence courses of
electrical engineering contact at
University of Illinois
University of Minnesota
Urbaytis, Joseph: criminal activities of
escapes and escape attempts of
postrelease success of
release and death of
resistance of
solitary confinement of
transfer of
Urschel, Charles F.: Bates’s letters to
Kelly’s letters to
kidnapped (See Urschel kidnapping)
parole for Bailey recommended by
staff of
Urschel kidnapping: affidavit concerning trial of
Bailey’s disclaimer of involvement in
context of
description of
detainers related to
government victory in
participants in
ransom money in
U.S. Army. See also military prisoners in Alcatraz
U.S. War Department
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Congress: call for Alcatraz’s removal and
inmate’s appeal to
kidnapping legislation of
supermax prisons question before
U.S. Courts, Administrative Office
U.S. Department of Justice: Alcatraz requirements of
Alcatraz site selected by
deterrence aspect of Alcatraz for
escape-proof mythology and
prisoner transport concerns of
public-enemy mythology countered by
public relations concerns of
security concerns of
super prison rationale of. See also criminal justice system
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
penology and penal policy
U.S. Federal District Court, Northern California
U.S. government: Chicago’s appeal for assistance from
public-enemy mythology countered by
response to kidnapping epidemic
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. Marines
U.S. Parole Board: Alcatraz visits of
expectations of misconduct and change
Johnston promoted to
letters read by
limits on
specific cases and: Bailey
Chase
Franklin
Karpis
Kelly
Quillen
Waley
U.S. Public Health Service. See also medical care
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. War Department: Alcatraz Island used by
dungeon cells used by
prisoners of. See also U.S. Army
