 The Aryan
Brotherhood is a prison gang that originated
at San Quentin Penitentiary in California
in 1967. Its original purpose was to
provide protection for White prisoners
from Black and Hispanic gangs, and was
formed in response to a series of racial
incidents that had occurred at San
Quentin the previous year. |
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 Robert
Stroud is better known as
"The Birdman of Alcatraz"
because of the two books about canaries
he authored while in prison. Despite his
common moniker, however, he never
actually cared for birds at Alcatraz; all
of his work was conducted while
incarcerated at Leavenworth, in Kansas. |
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