MAGAZINES: The library subscribes to a few magazines such as the National Geographic and these magazines can be obtained from the library, not by using the library card, but by submitting a request form. Library magazines must be handled with care and promptly returned to the library for redistribution. Do not remove articles or pictures.
You are permitted to purchase (by subscription) not more than eight (8) magazines from the approved list. Requests for the purchase of magazines are submitted to the Mail Censor using the regular request slip. When magazines arrive at the institution, the mail Censor marks your number on them and forwards them to the Library for distribution. Magazines are withdrawn from circulation 30 days after delivery.
MOVIES: Movies are shown twice monthly for inmates in good standing. See the AUDITORIUM RULES in Section #40.
46. MUSIC RULES: Musical instruments may be purchased if approved by the Associate Warden.
Guitars and other stringed instruments may be played in the cellhouse in a QUIET manner only between the hours of 5:30 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. No singing or whistling accompaniments will be tolerated. Any instrument which is played in an unauthorized place, manner, or time will be confiscated and the inmate placed on a disciplinary report.
Wind instruments, drums and pianos will be played in the band or Orchestra Rooms on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. At no time will you play any wind instrument in the cellhouse.
Permission to play instruments in the Band, Orchestra or bathrooms may be granted by the Associate Warden to inmates in good standing. The Band room is a privilege and permission to play there must be requested from the Associate Warden.
A limited number of inmates may be allowed to take musical instruments to and from the recreation yard. Permission must first be obtained from the Associate Warden.
No inmate on "idle" status or on "report" or restricted will be allowed to use the Band Room, Orchestra Room or to take instruments to the yard.
An inmate whose musical privileges have been restricted or revoked shall be removed from all musical lists, and his instrument stored in "A" Block until otherwise authorized by the Associate Warden.
No inmate is allowed to give, sell, trade, exchange, gamble, loan or otherwise dispose of his personal or institutional instrument or to receive such from another inmate.
Institutional instruments may be loaned to inmates in good standing upon the approval of the Associate Warden.
All instruments will be listed on personal property cards. Institutional instruments shall be listed as "On Loan" from the institution, together with the date of the loan and the identification number of the instrument. Surplus parts for musical instruments together with and including extra sets of guitar strings shall be kept in "A" Block. Guitar strings shall be purchased in the regular manner and stored in "A" Block until needed. An old set of strings must be turned in to the cellhouse Officer to draw a new set.
47. RADIO: Radio programs are carefully selected for the enjoyment of all concerned. Protect your radio privileges by conducting yourself properly with consideration for the rights of other inmates during broadcasts.
You are issued a radio headset on the signing of a receipt for the same. Do not tamper with your radio outlets, phones, or other equipment. If they do not work properly, notify the cellhouse Officer quietly. Your headsets are of a "tamper-proof" type. Evidence of tampering with any part of your radio equipment will result in a disciplinary report.
The operator of the radio is not in the cellhouse. Do not shout any instructions, advice or abuse.
Programs are scheduled for the following hours: Weekdays: 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS: 1:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Loud laughter, yelling, cheering or clapping will not be tolerated. Your headset must be kept at the rear of the cell when you are out. Do not leave your headset plugged-in when you leave the cell. Headsets found plugged-in or hanging on the outlet box will be picked up.
48. RELIGIOUS SERVICES: Catholic and Protestant Services are held regularly on Sundays in the Chapel. Jewish Services are held on appropriate occasions. Religious advice and counsel are available by sending a request slip to the Chaplain. The menu board in the dining room will indicate the schedule of the Religious Services.
Regular Auditorium Rules will be observed during all Services. See Section #40 for Auditorium Rules.
49. SPECIAL PURCHASES: There is no commissary at Alcatraz. The institution supplies all your needs. You are not allowed to have anything sent to you from home, friends or relatives. You may be allowed to purchase certain items such as text books, correspondence courses, musical instruments, or magazine subscriptions. All such purchases must be listed on your property card by the cellhouse Officer.
After your purchase request is approved, you must sign a withdrawal slip and return it to the cellhouse Officer. If you receive only a part of what was signed for on this withdrawal slip, the balance of the money will be returned to your account. Only those items actually received are charged to you.
All purchases will be entered on your property card. No bartering, trading or giving as a gift of any purchase is allowed. You are not permitted to loan any items to any other inmate nor to borrow from another inmate.
50. TOBACCO AND SMOKING REGULATIONS: Pipe and cigarette tobacco is available from the dispensers at the West-End of the cellhouse. Take what you need for immediate use, not to exceed six packs altogether. Don't hoard tobacco. Don't waste tobacco.
Cigarettes: One pack of cigarettes may be issued to each inmate in good standing, each Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening. Inmates who are restricted or on report will not receive cigarettes. You are not permitted to have more than 3 packs (60 cigarettes) at any one time. If you are found`to have in excess of 60 cigarettes at any one time, all will be confiscated and you will be placed on a disciplinary report.
Matches: Matches and cigarette papers are distributed during bathlines. Do not accumulate more than 10 books of matches nor more than two of the 150-paper size books of cigarette papers.
Smoking: Smoking regulations vary for different areas. If in doubt, ask your foreman or Officer. No smoking is permitted in the Cellhouse at any time except within the cells, library or "A" Block. Smoking is not permitted in the dining room or kitchen except for certain areas assigned for kitchen workers. Smoking is permitted in the yard but not between the yard and your place of work.
51. VISITS: You are allowed to receive one visit each month from members of your immediate family or other persons approved by the Warden. Visiting hours are approximately 1:30 PM to 3:10 PM weekdays.
In all personal visits you will confine your talk to personal matters and refrain from discussing other inmates, Institutional matters, etc.
Visits with your Attorney of record may be arranged through the office of the Associate Warden.
52. THE GOOD TIME LAW: Revised Title 18 of the United States Code, effective September 1, 1948, provides in Section 4161 as follows:
"Each prisoner convicted of an offense against the United States and confined in a penal or correctional institution for a definite term other than for life, whose record of conduct shows that he has faithfully observed all the rules and has not been subjected to punishment, shall be entitled to a deduction from the term of his sentence beginning with the day on which the sentence commences to run, to be credited as earned and computed monthly as follows:
Five days for each month, if the sentence is not less than six months and not more than one year.
Six days for each month, if the sentence is more than one year and less than three years.
Seven days for each month, if the sentence is not less than three years and less than five years.
Eight days for each month, if the sentence is not less than five years and less than ten years.
Ten days for each month, if the sentence is ten years or more.
When two or more consecutive sentences are to be served, the aggregate of the several sentences shall be the basis upon which th
e deduction shall be computed."
Section 4165 provides as follows:
"If during the term of imprisonment a prisoner commits any offense or violates the rules of the institution, all or any part of his earned good time may be forfeited."
Section 4l66 provides as follows:
"The Attorney General may restore any forfeited or lost good time or such portion thereof as he deems proper upon recommendation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons."
53. GENERAL RULE: Though not mentioned in these rules, any disorder, act or neglect to the prejudice of good order and discipline, and any conduct which disturbs the orderly routine of the institution shall be taken cognizance of by the Warden or his representative, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and punished at the discretion of the Warden or other lawful authority.
INMATE REGISTER
1 BOLT, FRANK LUCAS
2 COPP, CHARLES R.
3 GREGORY, LEON HAROLD
4 HARRISON, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE
5 HENRY, FORREST B.
6 HICKS, CLYDE F.
7 HILLS, RALPH L.
8 HOKE, ALBERT D.
9 HOOD, ALAN WHITNEY
10 HULME, FREDERICK LASALLE
11 JANDA, EDWARD JOSEPH
12 JOHNSON, CHARLES E.
13 JOHNSON, LUBY L.
14 LANDERS, WILLIAM D.
15 LIMAS, MANUEL
16 MARUD, JOHN
17 MILLER, JOHN LEROY
18 MUMMA, WILLIAM J. F.
19 NELSON, JACK
20 PARIS, ANGELO GEORGE
21 PAYNE, WILLIAM G.
22 PETARSON, JOHN H.
23 PROKOPF, LEO
24 RILEY, JOSEPH F.
25 SODOMA, FRANK
26 SOLIWODE, JOSEPH
27 VINSON, HAROLD RAY
28 WALTERS, ERVIE R.
29 WEBER, GEORGE WATSON
30 WILDE, GEORGE EARLE
31 WOLFE, GILBERT D.
32 WOODY, HAROLD ORVILLE
33 WHITE, FREDERICK GRANT
34 MOXON, ROBERT BRADFORD
35 COLE, ELMER HUTCHINSON
36 RAAP, VERRILL HERSEY
37 SOUZA, FRANK
38 REYNOLDS, PERRY
39 FERNANDEZ, HAL JOSEPH
40 BURKE, JOSEPH FRANCIS
41 DEAN, HARRY E.
42 BOYD, WILLIAM EDWARD, Jr.
43 WALSH, JAMES JOHN
44 SMITH, MACK
45 KERR, GEORGE WILLIAM “RED”
46 STADIG, JOHN MILLAGE
47 WUTKE, EDWARD
48 LEWIS, EDGAR ROBERT
49 KELLY, WALTER
50 KENNEDY, WILLIE
51 BROWN, THURMAN ALEXANDER
52 WESTON, HERBERT SHEELY
53 FONTAINE, HAROLD
54 GOLEBOSKI, JOHN
55 MOTEN, FRANK EDWARD
56 BROWN, BENJAMIN A.
57 SIMMONS, WILLIAM JOSEPH
58 KRONZ, GEORGE SAFFORD
59 FONDREN, PEARL TURNER
60 COLSON, JAMES
61 EATON, RUEY
62 BEARDEN, WALTER EDWARD
63 COLEMAN, ROBERT
64 WATERS, FRANCIS LEO
65 MARSH, JAMES C.
66 MESSAMORE, JOHN RICHARD
67 MONTGOMERY, HAROLD LEROY
68 WATTS, JAMES W.
69 MARQUES, ARMAND
70 FULBRIGHT, FLOYD
71 SCHMIDT, LUDWIG “DUTCH”
72 KRUG, CHARLES RICHARD
73 GOGICH, LAZAR
74 MCINTOSH, LEO DALE
75 MCNEALY, JAMES LESTER
76 ZUCKERMAN, LOUIS
77 MORLAND, THOMAS LEROY
78 CLEAVER, CHARLES
79 WAREAGLE, THOMAS W.
80 BENDER, JOHN FRANCIS
81 DENNY, THEODORE
82 HOOKER, STANLEY RICHARD
83 WALTON, JAMES H.
84 THOMAS, JOHN VIRGIL
85 CAPONE, ALPHONSE “SCARFACE”
86 CARTER, WILLIAM JACKSON
87 VAN GORDER, HAYES OVERN
88 MATCHOK, JOSEPH JOHN
89 BUCKNER, WALKER BEVERLY
90 O'BRIEN, EDWARD WILLIAM
91 PATTERSON, LESTER WILLIAM
92 BICKS [BAJCZYK], FRANK JOSEPH
93 COSTNER, ISAAC ALLEN
94 GEMPP, WILLIAM PHILLIP
95 LARRY, HENRY KENNETH
96 LEPINSKI, FRANK ALEXANDER
97 MANGIERE, CHARLES PATRICK
98 REISS, CHARLES
99 RITCHEY, WILLIAM MALCOLM
100 WILMOTH, VIRGIL EDWARD
101 MURDOCK, THEODORE (NMI)
102 WALDEN, SPENCER
103 DICKERSON, HOWARD C.
104 DONOHUE, JOHN
105 KENDRICK, JOHN ALLEN
106 SWEENEY, ELMER “BULL DOG”
107 BEST [BESMANOFF], ALBERT
108 REISNER, JOHN JOSEPH
109 MCDONALD, ARTHUR T.
110 GARDNER, ROY G.
111 GRINDLE, HUBERT ALEXANDER
112 BROWNIE, FRANK B.
113 MORRIS, DANIEL JOSEPH
114 ALCORN, GORDON FRANCIS
115 MCDONALD, BERT
116 DIXON, RILEY
117 KELLY, GEORGE R. “MACHINE GUN”
118 VARSALONA, JOE
119 WESTBROOK, CHARLES E.
120 ALEXANDER, JOSEPH
121 TALARICO, MIKE
122 BADGETT, LEWIS
123 LAGOMARSINO, RAY LOUIS
124 PERRY, JAMES FRANCIS
125 CHAPMAN, FRANK
126 MAY, WILLIAM DAVID
127 STEVENS, OLIN DEWITT
128 PETTIJOHN, MILTON T.
129 SARGEART, JAMES LOUIS
130 KEATING, FRANCIS LAWRENCE
131 BROWN, STANLEY
132 BERTA, CHARLES
133 BOYD, JOHN
134 RYAN, PHIL FRANCIS
135 SHERWOOD, ERWIN RALPH
136 BARNETT, HOWARD E.
137 BATES, ALBERT LAWRENCE
138 HOLDEN, THOMAS JAMES
139 BAILEY, HARVEY JOHN
140 UNDERWOOD, TOM
141 NOLAN, GEORGE
142 GRAUER, HARRY
143 ROGERS, GEORGE
144 MILLER, EDWARD A.
145 WARREN, BYRON W.
146 SOBALESKY, JOHN
147 BALLEW, ANDREW
148 BEANE, CLEMENT WALLACE
149 THOMAS, LAFAYETTE DAVID
150 DELBONO, FRANK
151 BELCASTRO, ROCCO
152 CHIESA, FRANK
153 JOHNSON, HARRY “LIMEY”
154 ROWLAND, EDWARD
155 TESCIONA, FRANK
156 GOUKER, FRANK
157 GILL, WILLIE
158 GROVE, JAMES
159 DOTSON, LOUIS
160 JONES, ROBERT (NMI)
161 WALLACE, ABRAHAM
162 TAYLOR, ACIE
163 FITZMAURICE, WILLIAM ALFRED
164 MARTINI, LOUIS
165 STROUD, MACK
166 HARDEN, ALFRED
167 ANDERSON, FRANK
168 LAWRENCE, LOUIE
169 SERFESS, WALTER B.
170 SULLIVAN, DANIEL
171 OWEN, WILLIAM ALOYSIUS
172 POULOS, JAMES “JIMMY THE GREEK”
173 BOWEN, HUGH ALLEN
174 DAVIS, ROBERT
175 WOLF, RALPH EDWARD
176 FISHER, GERALD PERRY
177 SIEMAN, JACK
178 BOUMAN, JOE
179 BALLIN, GEORGE (NMN)
180 BLACKWOOD, IRA EARL
181 REED, PET
182 YOUNG, CAL
183 WIGGINS, WALKER HARRIS
184 HANNA, WILLIAM J.
185 COLYER, WILLIAM E.
186 LEVIN, WILLIAM HYMAN
187 LOOMIS, ALFRED MERRITT
188 MCKEE, FRANK (NMI) “BLACKIE”
189 RYAN, JAMES
190 KELLY, HARRY C.
191 TATUM, RALPH WILLIAM
192 THOMPSON, ORVILLE ULESSE
; 193 WARDEN, WALTER LEE
194 GREEN, CHARLES
195 YOUNGBERG, ARTHUR HENRY
196 SMITH, CLINT
197 SATTERFIELD, JOSEPH HIRAM
198 SULLIVAN, HARRY
199 CHERRINGTON, ARTHUR S.
200 SPARK, WALTON
201 FALLON, DANIEL JOSEPH
202 MOORE, ROSS W.
203 NORTON, JAMES
204 TELFIAN, CHARLES
205 COLLINS, FLOYD L.
206 MINNEMA, HOWARD
207 MACKLIN, ELMER
208 AUDETT, THEODORE JAMES
209 CARROLL, JOHN PATRICK
210 BOWERS, JOSEPH “DUTCH”
211 ALLEN, JACK
212 KILPATRICK, STEWARD M.
213 URBAYTIS, JOSEPH
214 MAHONEY, FRANK WILLIAM
215 BAKER, JACK
216 O'BRIEN, MICHAEL
217 ARMES, MONROE HARRY “BLACKIE”
218 RAYMOND, ROBERT
219 CONROY, EARL FRANCIS
220 HARDIN, JACK
221 SPAIN, LOREN
222 SNOW, CECIL
223 KYNE, HARRY PAUL
224 LUCAS, JAMES C.
225 SKOOG, ALBERT WINFIELD
226 DOLL, EDWARD
227 KULICK, JOHN
228 HALL, HARLAN KARL
229 WATKINS, JESSE R.
230 WHITAKER, NORMAN T.
231 COCHRAN, CECIL ELMO
232 DUNN, JOHN
233 BERLIN, SAMUEL CHARLES
234 CARROLL, JOHN H.
235 VESSILA, JAMES
236 TERRY, MILTON EDWARD
237 DAVIS, GEORGE W.
238 CHASE, JOHN PAUL
239 BARTLETT, WILLIAM EDWARD
240 DESHELLEY, LUIS EDUARDO
241 DELMAR, FRANK
242 CLARK, JAMES
243 SMIDDY, ENNIS FAY
244 YOUNG, HENRY J.
245 WILEY, EDWARD E.
246 KALINOSKI, JOSEPH FRANK
247 BERMAN, JACOB
248 WALEY, HARMON METZ
249 THOMPSON, GEORGE
250 GILES, JOHN KNIGHT
251 GAYDEN, WALTER
252 MCGLONE, JOHN PATRICK “SONNY”
253 FISHER, JOSEPH
254 RETTICH, CARL
255 HARRIGAN, CHARLES JOSEPH
256 DUGAN, THOMAS JOHN
257 HENSLEY, RUDOLPH “JACK” (NMI)
258 COLE, THEODORE
259 PHILLIPS, BURTON EARNEST
260 ROE, RALPH
261 GOODE, JOHN ELMER
262 RECTOR, ROLLIE “HARDROCK ROY”
263 LIMERICK, THOMAS ROBERT
264 LLOYD, JACK
265 UNSELL, AUBREY CURTIS
266 EGAN, EARL JOHN
267 MCCAIN, RUFUS ROY
268 BARKER, ARTHUR R. “DOC”
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