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Mr. Coffey... Me, Dawney =. Me. Egan... Mr. Foxworth. Mr. Glavin Mr, Tare De. Jomeph Mr. Lenter Life'on the Rock Shoars- | [303 “awa sais Case Hardened Criminals ra bave ned rome tough eutom They Can’t Beat the Law ers, but I belleve we have whittled them down to their proper-size. We dave brought -an of them. to-the c realization that they are not as big Warden James A. Johnaton of Alcatraz prison, in an interview authorized by “Atty. Gen. Cum- mings, tells here the behind-the- orrigibles to Aleatras ‘The main Job is {0 impress on thelr Tainds « life-long lesson of the pow- AL the present time there are ap- Papzimately 870 prisoners on excapey foot Alentras. That term “escapg, an they thought they were,” - accnes story of the Wye of, BH “the rock” in Ban Francisco bay. This is the first of three ar- ticles presenting for the firat time 4 complete account of conditions, | administration and policies ot AI: catraz. By ALFRED F. RECK AKLAND, Callf.—They can't be reformed! The federal prison on Alcatraz island is an institution of punishment, not of reformation, A prisoner at Alcatraz, dread “devil's Island” of America, not only gives up his identity for a number| er of the United States government and « retlization that they are nat greeter than the constituted authori. tes, - : ‘These and other tacts of life on “the rock" were revealed by Warden James A. Johnston in an taterview authorized" ‘by Atty. Gen..clomer: “Aleatraz ax’ civil prison in an experiment which may have ta.af- fect on prison systems throughout je world.” said Warden Johnitop., fe get only the most perplexin| robleme—problems for the rt which cannot be solved In ot prisons. “No prisoner tn evar sentenced di- ing te Warden Jobnaton, a CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, ConmaL? Biot” In used Intentionally, for, Gi vi rectly to Alcatraz. All have been Ey Toes Bla toahvidualty nd eee ovad fvoot ctker Laacedtieed becomes, as. far ax bis warders Cant Ti acorrigible or to break up prison make him, an sutomaton, entirely 8 !ne fubservient (o the strict raies of the "“Ciher’ pejsons have no way to egitentiony. “ g. conttol the type of men or the num- There Is little or no hope of pre- ber which they receive. On Alcatras paring men, regarded @& tough we can handle ooly a limited mums enough for confinement on the is- her and take oply, those. prisonecs land, to be useful citizens upon their whose eases have been passed upon relense, The mea on the Bleak, 12 by prison borda and when thelr acre rock in the middle of San Fran- transfer tx approved by the tederst eigen, Qax.tre case-hardened-erim director of prisona™ nals’ Defiate Thelr Exe With euch notorious, criminals as Al Capone, Machine Guin Kelly, Har- mon Waley and Albert Bates on "the F rock," Warden Jobnston has a dif ficult taak but he believes ‘he Is ac: | ‘comptishing the purposes for which the prison was established. FXasieh the wuper-crbatretr UP at | bi- aAB4 33 - MILWAUKEE JOURNAL : MAY 24, 1937 . ha ores seer