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According to Jonathan Eig, author of “ Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster,” the gangster was sent to Alcatraz — which cost $250,000 (about $5.7 ...
US News Wild escape attempts, famous mobsters and no running water: Inside America’s most notorious prison as Trump vows to reopen Alcatraz By Michael Kaplan Published May 6, 2025, 7:00 a.m. ET ...
Today, some 1.2 million tourists visit Alcatraz a year. AP Another of the prison’s most famous inmates arrived early on. Al Capone, serving time on income tax evasion, landed at Alcatraz in 1939.