Uncle Sam’s Devil’s Island: From Al Capone to ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly, meet Alcatraz’s most infamous inmates

As President Donald Trump called for the reopening of Alcatraz successful a Sunday evening Truth Social post, galore Americans were reminded of the notorious situation disconnected the seashore of San Francisco, California.

"REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!" Trump wrote. "For excessively long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repetition Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who volition ne'er lend thing different than Misery and Suffering," helium wrote.

Trump directed respective agencies, including the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Homeland Security, to make plans to reopen a "substantially enlarged and rebuilt" Alcatraz situation that would "house America’s astir ruthless and convulsive Offenders." He said the reopening of Alcatraz "will service arsenic a awesome of Law, Order, and JUSTICE."

During its clip arsenic a national prison, which spanned astir 30 years, Alcatraz housed a full of implicit 1,500 inmates. Read astir the astir infamous inmates below:

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Al Capone was charged with taxation evasion successful 1931. (FBI)

Al Capone

Al Capone spent clip astatine respective prisons crossed America earlier serving a condemnation astatine Alcatraz. Capone was charged with taxation evasion successful 1931, and portion primitively entering a blameworthy plea connected June 16, 1931, helium would alteration his plea to not blameworthy aft the presiding justice said helium wasn't bound by immoderate plea woody made, according to the FBI.

After being convicted connected Oct. 18, 1931, Capone was sentenced to 11 years successful national prison, with his six-month contempt of tribunal condemnation brought down to clip served. While attempting to entreaty his conviction, Capone was being held astatine the Cook County Jail successful Illinois.

He began his condemnation astatine the U.S. Penitentiary successful Atlanta, but was transferred to Alcatraz successful 1934 aft allegations that Capone was receiving cushy attraction by manipulating the situation system, according to History.com.

Capone was released from Alcatraz successful 1939 for bully behavior. He spent his past twelvemonth astatine Alcatraz successful a infirmary aft contracting syphilis.

After being released from Alcatraz, Capone didn't instrumentality to his aged benignant of beingness and was deemed to person the mentality of a 12-year-old kid by a Baltimore psychiatrist successful 1946. He lived with his woman and contiguous household successful Palm Island, an isle disconnected of Miami, Florida.

He died of a changeable and pneumonia connected Jan. 25, 1947.

1920s mug changeable of George "Machine Gun" Kelly. (FBI)

George "Machine Gun" Kelly

George Kelly, on with hs wife, Kathryn Kelly, kidnapped Oklahoma concern tycoon Charles F. Urschel and Walter Jarrett connected July 22, 1933. Longtime subordinate Albert Bates besides assisted successful the kidnapping.

On July 26, 1933, J.G. Catlett, a adjacent person of Urschel, received a bundle written by Urschel which demanded helium caput to Oklahoma City and not pass with the Urschel family. The bundle besides received a ransom request for $200,000. 

After the ransom was completed, Urschel yet returned location connected July 31, 1933. 

The Kellys were arrested successful Memphis, Tennessee during a Sept. 26, 1933 instrumentality enforcement raid by FBI agents and the Memphis Police Department. During the arrest, George Kelly allegedly famously cried "Don’t shoot, G-Men! Don’t shoot, G-Men!" according to the FBI.

George Kelly was locked distant astatine Alcatraz from 1934-1951. He got his nickname "machine gun" aft his woman bought him a instrumentality weapon and encouraged him to spell into a beingness of crime.

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Robert Stroud killed a corrections serviceman successful 1916. (Bureau of Prisons)

Robert Stroud – "Bird Man" of Alcatraz

In 1909, Robert Stroud killed a bartender who allegedly didn't wage a prostitute helium was pimping. He was convicted of manslaughter and served his condemnation astatine U.S. Penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington. While successful national prison, according to the Bureau of Prisons, Stroud attacked different inmate, resulting successful his transportation to USP Leavenworth.

While astatine USP Leavenworth, Stroud killed corrections serviceman Andrew Turner successful 1916.

Stroud was convicted of first-degree execution arsenic a result, and was sentenced to death. In 1920, erstwhile President Woodrow Wilson commuted his condemnation to beingness successful prison.

While successful prison, Stroud developed a heavy involvement successful birds, and would spell connected to constitute 2 books astir birds and their diseases. Prison officers yet recovered contraband items hidden wrong vertebrate cages that Stroud got his hands on, resulting successful his transportation to Alcatraz successful 1942.

Stroud spent 17 years successful Alcatraz earlier helium died connected Nov. 21, 1963.

Alvin Karpis was progressive successful the 1933 kidnapping of William A. Hamm, Jr. (FBI)

Alvin 'Creepy' Karpis

Alvin Karpis was a subordinate of the Barker/Karpis gang, which was progressive successful a fig of high-profile kidnappings.

Karpis was progressive successful the 1933 kidnapping of William A. Hamm, Jr., president of the Theodore Hamm Brewing Company, according to the FBI. Hamm, Jr. near the gathering erstwhile helium was grabbed by 4 individuals who pushed him into a car. 

Members of the Barker/Karpis pack were liable for the kidnapping, and demanded a ransom of implicit $100,000. Hamm signed a fig of ransom notes successful Wisconsin earlier helium was taken to a hideout successful Bensenville, Illinois. After the ransom was paid, Hamm was released adjacent Wyoming, Minnesota.

Using fingerprint technology, the FBI utilized fingerprints connected the ransom notes to place suspects successful the kidnapping – Karpis, "Doc" Barker, Charles Fitzgerald, and different members of the gang.

Karpis was yet arrested successful New Orleans, Louisiana, with erstwhile FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover being portion of the raid which led to his apprehension connected May 2, 1936.

Karpis, calved successful Montreal, spent 10 years successful situation for burglary earlier moving with members of the Barker household connected much utmost crimes.

While Karpis was sentenced to beingness successful prison, helium spent clip successful assorted national prisons, including Alcatraz. He was paroled successful the precocious 1960s. He got his "creepy" nickname due to the fact that of his smile.

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Morton Sobell

Morton Sobell was convicted of espionage connected behalf of the Soviet Union successful 1951, but wasn't convicted of providing the Soviet Union with stolen atomic secrets, according to History.com.

He was sentenced to 30 years successful prison, with 18 of them being spent successful Alcatraz earlier helium was paroled successful 1969.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were charged on with Sobell, were sentenced to decease done electrical chair.