Collecting Resources
At the federal penitentiary, inmates worked and at “The Rock” there was a substantial amount of resources to be had. The prison served the US military, making furniture, clothes and shoes. The group of four was also lucky because they were among the very few criminals in Alcatraz that were incarcerated for non-violent crimes. This meant that they they were slightly under the radar and the ever-watchful prison guards paid slightly less attention to them.