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• Alcatraz, California, U.S. Penitentiary, Prisoner Index, 1934-1963 ($)
• California, Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950 ($)
• California Blacksheep Ancestors - Website listing links to prison and other correctional institutions in California.

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