Alcatraz (CA)
Alphonse "Al/Scarface" Capone
California
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Gambling
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The Rock Islanders
United States
Quick Fact – A Renaissance Convict?
1934-1938 While doing time at Alcatraz, Alphonse “Scarface” Capone, infamous Chicago organized crime boss heavily involved in gambling, played the banjo and mandola (a large mandolin) in the prison band, The Rock Islanders, a rotating…