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This grim prison drama, based on true events, reveals the reasons behind the closing of the infamous Alcatraz prison. Orphaned at fifteen, Henry Young stole five dollars to feed his little sister and was caught in the act. But his initially short sentence stretched into long years. After a failed escape attempt, Henry was thrown naked into a windowless stone cell with no heat, bed, or sink, where he spent three years and two months. After his release from solitary confinement, he was accused of murdering a fellow inmate who had informed on him and sentenced to death. Young lawyer James Stamphill takes on Henry Young's case...