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Leavenworth prison rioting a rare bird
The Leavenworth federal prison, famed for security and inmate luminaries, endured a July 5 disturbance leaving one dead and three wounded. The piece recounts past uprisings, crowding issues, and notes famous inmates like Al Capone and the Birdman of Alcatraz, Robert Stroud, who once kept birds in a Leavenworth cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Stafford
Associated Press
Kansas City, Mo
U.S
Leavenworth
al Capone
Birdman
Alcatraz
Kansas City Star
Marion
Fort Leavenworth
Robert Stroud
Stroud
J.H. Johnston II
Washington, D.C
Springfield
Burt Lancaster