· A former inmate of Alcatraz who served time from to for kidnapping and robbery. Retired in the 80s as a X-Ray lab technician, he is also the author of the book "Alcatraz: from inside" A former inmate of Alcatraz who served time from to for kidnapping and robbery. · Alcatraz from Inside: The Hard Years, In this fascinating autobiographical account, Jim Quillen tells the amazing story of his decade incarcerated in America's most infamous prison -- how he got there, how he stayed alive inside, and, most important, how he found the inspiration and courage to get out/5. Jim Quillen, Reformed Alcatraz Inmate Author. After a wild crime spree of robbery and kidnapping in , escaped San Quentin prisoner Jim Quillen was sentenced to 45 years and sent to Alcatraz on Aug. 28 where he became prisoner # When he arrived on Alcatraz, he was an angry and bitter young man with a “maladjusted attitude.”.
Jim Quillen, AZ - a runaway, problem child and petty thief - was jailed several times before his twentieth birthday. In August , after escaping from San Quentin, he was arrested on the run and sentenced to forty-five years in prison, and later transferred to Alcatraz. Alcatraz From Inside: the Hard Years is a Used Trade Paperback available to purchase and shipped from Firefly Bookstore in Kutztown, PA. The author is Jim Quillen. This was released by Golden Gate Natl Park Assn in February The digit ISBN is The digit ISBN is I read about "Alcatraz from Inside: The Hard Years " by Jim Quillen in a Christian devotional. I am so glad I was intrigued enough by its description to buy this book. Mr. Quillen's writing style is not embellished in any way.
From Publisher’s Weekly, Quillen’s autobiography focuses on his decade-long incarceration at the “Rock,” the former federal prison on Alcatraz Island, Calif., including the escape attempt that left several inmates and guards dead. Arguing that the brutality of the system made the bloodshed inevitable, he calls Alcatraz “a prison where the sole purpose was to degrade, deprive, humiliate and break the inmates.”. Jim Quillen () had a difficult childhood; by the time he was an adolescent, he was regularly getting into serious trouble. At 22—chained at the wrists and sentenced to 45 years behind bars—he saw the inside of Alcatraz Island for the first time. Alcatraz from Inside: The Hard Years, by Jim Quillen. James John “Jim” Quillen. Photo added by Tim Rodenberg Death, 6 Oct (aged 79). Vacaville, Solano See more Quillen memorials in: Vacaville-Elmira. Former Alcatraz inmate Jim Quillen describes life in 'the hole', the He lay down on his bed, covered himself with a blanket, and bled to death.
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