“The combination of smells - sharp, salty air, after dinner kitchen aromas, and many years he had spent behind bars, it was always the same day after day - that sickening, repulsive, after dinner smell” (1, 22). This quote by Joseph Paul Cretzer, a prisoner in the Alcatraz penitentiary, offers a graphic interpretation of prison life on the “Rock” (otherwise known as Alcatraz). Was the “Rock” really that bad or did the media label it as a …showed first 75 words of 2673 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2673 total…battalion of darkness. I hope there are thousands of others within the sound of my voice who feel likewise. To combat crime, there must be a constantly growing band of missionaries who shall go into the highways and byways carrying with them the fearlessness and the crusading spirit so badly needed in a hand-to-hand combat with a predatory beast. Its name is CRIME!” (1, 232)perspiring bodies - once again left him slightly nauseated. No matter how