CAPITAL PUNISHMENT : Alcatraz --
A Pictorial Essay
Alcatraz -- A Pictorial Essay
View of New Industries Area
Most of the work was done in the industries buildings. When the
penitentiary first opened, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. used the Model Industries
Building which stood atop an old military fortification. After several escape attempts
which led to the death and disappearance of three inmates and a guard, FPI moved
all operations to the new industries building. Prisoners who worked in the industries found
themselves scrutinized by two bureaucracies: that of the FPI, represented by the
foremen and engineers, and that of the Bureau of Prisons, represented by the watchful guards.
