Smoke, possibly from a grenade, pours from a window of the Alcatraz cellhouse. The wall is pockmarked with bulletholes, testament to the fusillade of bullets fired by officers in an attempt to subdue the 1946 Alcatraz "Blastout."
Eastern State Penitentiary Photo Gallery
West Virginia Penitentiary Photo Gallery
See Also:
Alcatraz: Strangeness in Dark Corridors
Haunting Ghost Stories From U.S. Prisons


