Word: alcatraz
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...used to be simply Gheorghe Gheorghiu until he spent so much time in Rumania's Dej prison in pre-Red days that he tacked Dej on to his name, a Balkan equivalent of calling oneself Alphonse Capone-Alcatraz or Lucky Luciano-Sing Sing...
Others get positions with various executive agencies, such as the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, where they help with statistical analyses. Some work for the Bureau of Prisons, compiling data on conditions in Alcatraz or the conduct of paroless. These girls often spend a week living with the staff in a womens' reformatory to see what such life is like...
...said he was, four said he was not. Confronted with such guidance, Federal Judge Stephen Chandler decided next day that Cook was sane enough to plead guilty but not sane enough to be given a death sentence. He sentenced the killer to serve five consecutive 60-year terms in Alcatraz-a total of 300 years. But there were those who thought 300 years was much too good for bloodthirsty Billy Cook...
...Afterward, Capone was moved to Atlanta and Alcatraz penitentiaries, where he served 7½ years...
...People's circulation from 300,000 to 4,958,000 in 24 years, also puts crime and sex stories in their place-generally on Page One. Last week The People's eager readers were being filled in on THE WORST MEN IN THE WORLD (the inmates of Alcatraz) and how HYENAS EAT 90 BABIES...