A look back at Alcatraz
- Ernest K. Bennett
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Senior officer Melvin Kidney, seen through the 2-inch laminated bullet proof glass that encloses his post at the control center of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, is shown March 14, 1956. He supervises all communications and has custody of arms, ammunition, tear gas, etc. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett)
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The last prisoner left Alcatraz March 21, 1963, 50 years ago. Here is a look back at the fed…

