Jerry Hatch, Island Security chief, my uncle Vernon Conway in the background was on the Island Council. John Jiminez is in the glasses. This pic was taken in the guards' family apartments (1970-Alcatraz Indian Occupation)

Life on the Rock: Prison Industry Building (1970)

The prison laundry building. Here's where me and my brother along with our friend Ralph used old laundry carts and dollies to build go-carts that we'd race down the steep slopes of the Island. We had a ton of fun.

Outside the Yard (1970)

Fogginess on the Rock

My sister Linda and Brother Ed on Alcatraz during the Fall of 1970. It's so foggy, you can't see the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Note the grass, located on the northside of the Prison Yard...Now its all rocky soil.

Lounging on the Rock

Here's my brother Ed and sister Linda lounging on the grass of the Rock, northeast side of the Island facing the Power Plant building. Now that little hill is all rocky dirt...no grass to be seen.

Paintings inside Building 64

Here's my sister Lisa in Building 64 on Alcatraz, looking at some of the graffiti painting left behind by the Indian occupiers. Lisa was about 6 years old back during the occupation.

Old Hiding Place

Here's my brother, Ed Willie, climbing up the holes we created 40 years ago...he was 12 years old back then. The holes were used by us kids to climb into the ceiling of Building 64 on Alcatraz. We intended to use them as hiding places in case the government came to take us off the island. This picture was taken last year during our visit to our old hiding places on the Rock.