Alcatraz Island
(redirected from Alcatrez)Alcatraz Island
former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218]
See: Imprisonment
Alcatraz Island
“The Rock”; former federal prison in San Francisco Bay. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218]
See: Isolation
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