Alcatraz
type: Concept
broader: key organizations (criminology)
broader: institutions
broader: history of prisons
broader: courts, corrections, punishments
broader: corrections
definition: Alcatraz is a twelve-acre rocky island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. The prison located there was named after the island, which lent the prison its well-known nickname of “The Rock.” Getting to the island requires a one-mile ferry ride from San Francisco's Fisherman Wharf. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Alcatraz]

organizations
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Alcatraz

corrections
type: Concept
narrower: Alcatraz

courts, corrections, punishments
type: Concept
narrower: Alcatraz

history of prisons
type: Concept
narrower: Alcatraz

institutions
type: Concept
narrower: Alcatraz

key organizations (criminology)
type: Concept
narrower: Alcatraz