“Assignment Alcatraz” Prison Stories 2-Disc Set

WELCOME TO ALCATRAZ, maximum-security U.S. penitentiary home of some of America's most dangerous criminals and workplace of correctional officer and launch captain Pat Mahoney. From his first day in 1956, when he was sent to remove a disturbed inmate from solitary confinement, to his last, when the prison closed in 1963, tension and excitement were part of Mahoney's job description. On duty during the last two prison breaks, including the infamous Morris-Anglin getaway on which the Clint Eastwood movie Escape from Alcatraz was based, Mahoney experienced some of the island's most dramatic moments first-hand. This small island, also home to a tightly knit community of prison employees and their families, had domestic pleasures and challenges as well. One thing for sure: Mahoney wouldn't have had it any other way.