Alcatraz Prisoners

There were a number of early prisoners at Alcatraz Island that were arrested on charges of "sodomy" while in the military. Their arrests occurred in either Hawaii or Panama Canal Zone and, for some unknown reason, they were transferred to Alcatraz just after it was switched from a military prison to a Federal prison. It's inconceivable to me that these men, who were first time offenders and soldiers, were put into a maximum security prison. Here is the information as I have it. They are in order by the prisoner numbers.

Inmate #	Name	Crime	Arrived	Released	Condition
1	Frank Lucas Bolt	sodomy	June 19, 1934	May 10, 1936	Transferred to McNeil Island
4	Joseph Constantine Harrison	sodomy	June 19, 1934	July 29, 1935	Discharged
6	Clyde Hicks	sodomy	June 19, 1934	August 6, 1935	Discharged
9	Alan Hood	sodomy	June 19, 1934	June 15, 1936	Transferred to Leavenworth
10	Frederick Hulme	sodomy & false enlistment	June 19, 1934	March 17, 1936	Transferred to McNeil Island
12	Charles E. Johnson	sodomy	June 19, 1934	March 30, 1935	Discharged
20	Angelo Paris	sodomy	June 19, 1934	April 13, 1937	Discharged
21	William G. Payne	sodomy	June 19, 1934	March 15, 1935	Discharged
23	Leo Prokopf	sodomy & escape	June 19, 1934	August 8, 1936	Transferred to Leavenworth
54	John Golebrowski	sodomy	August 22, 1934	1935	Discharged
72	Charles Richard Krug	sodomy	August 22, 1934	1936	Released
76	Louis Zuckerman	sodomy & assault	August 22, 1934	.	.
111	Hubert Grindle	sodomy & manslaughter	September 24, 1934	1944	Released
149	LaFayette Thomas	sodomy & manslaughter	September 24, 1934	.	.
183	Walker Wiggins	sodomy, assault, theft & escape	September 24, 1934	.	.
365	Harold June	sodomy & attempted sodomy	March 16, 1937	.	"Gov't Reservation"
475	Willard Burman	sodomy & assault	June 4, 1939	.	.
664	Leray Dohrman	sodomy, assault & attempted escape	February 11, 1945	.	.
731	Thomas Cartwright	AWOL, sodomy, disobeying officer	October 15, 1945	1953	conditional release
732	Robert Cummings	sodomy & assault	October 15, 1945	.	.
1055	Kethel Osborne	assault, disobeying officer & sodomy	October 15, 1953	.	.
1063	Daniel Catalano	sodomy & assault	November 5, 1953	.	army prisoner
1209	Robert Radcliffe	sodomy & assault	November 17, 1955	.	army prisoner
1269	Joseph Bright	murder, rape, assault & sodomy	May 14, 1957	.	.
1293	Severo Reyes	rape, sodomy & assault	August 11, 1957	.	army prisoner
1298	William Jenkins	armed robbery & sodomy	October 19, 1957	1963	Washington DC Jail
1307	Derotha Flynn	assault & sodomy	January 14, 1958	.	.
1429	Henry Harris	rape, sodomy & robbery	November 16, 1959	.	army prisoner
1561	Benson Elgin Paul	sodomy (Alaska)	April 29, 1962	.	army prisoner