Setting

Setting
Al Capone Does My Shirts takes place at Alcatraz, a prison located on an island near San Francisco. The Flanagan family moves there because Mr. Flanagan is a prison guard and electrician and gets a job at Alcatraz. They do not live in the prison but in a separate area for workers and their families. The main character, Moose, goes to school in San Francisco and some of the story takes place off the island.

Alcatraz
Also referred to as the "Rock", Alcatraz was built in the 1850s on an Island in San Fransisco Bay. It was originally a fort and later a military prison before being turned into a federal prison in 1933. While it is famous for housing criminals such as Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly and Alvin Karpis, Alcatraz was the place that federal prisoners were sent that had trouble following rules at other prisons across the country. Alcatraz closed as a prison in 1963 due to rising costs to keep it running.

[|Alcatraz Island National Park] Federal Bureau of Prisons - Alcatraz
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**San Francisco**
Nicknamed the City by the Bay, San Francisco is located on the West Central Coast of California. Landmarks include Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, and a number of steep hills. media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=San+Francisco,+CA&aq=0&sll=39.978471,-85.972874&sspn=0.010359,0.012918&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=San+Francisco,+California&ll=37.77493,-122.419416&spn=0.341848,0.413361&t=m&z=11&output=embed" width="425" height="350"
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