On This Day August 11

The first batch of 137 prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island at 9:40 am on August 11, 1934. They were handcuffed in high security coaches and guarded by 60 special FBI agents, U.S. Marshals and railway security officials. Most of the prisoners were notorious bank robbers and murderers. The prison initially had a staff of 155, all highly trained in security.

The first prisoner to arrive at Alcatraz was Frank Lucas Bolt, a queer man who was convicted of robbery and sodomy. He was given the prisoner number 1. The other 136 prisoners were a mix of dangerous criminals, including Al Capone, Robert Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Bumpy Johnson, and Rafael Cancel Miranda.

Alcatraz was designed to be a maximum security prison that would be escape-proof. It was located on a small island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, making it difficult for prisoners to escape by land or sea. The prison also had a number of security measures in place, such as high walls, barbed wire, and armed guards.

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