Show Alcatraz Methods No criminal is ever sentenced or directly committed to Alcatraz prison the federal penal institution in San Francisco bay by a trial court An inmate is sent to Alcatraz Alcatraz Alcatraz Alca Alca- traz only upon the recommendation of the prison in which he is at the time incarcerated and he must have the approval of at the attorney general The criminals criminal's reputation and his dangerous effect upon prisoners fellow-prisoners in the ordinary penitentiary penitentiary penitentiary pen pen- are deciding factors |