- Al Capone was a notorious American gangster
- He eventually went to prison for tax evasion
- THESE are the details
So many books and films have been made about his life, that it's tough to encapsulate how much he captivated American culture in his day. Capone initially served his time at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. He was famously transferred to the maximum security prison island of Alcatraz.
Al Capone was quite a formidable figure
But his life always seemed destined for trouble. Born in Brooklyn, Capone was expelled from school and joined a gang in his early teens. And then his destiny found him.
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He was living in Chicago when Prohibition became the law of the land in the U.S. in 1920. Prohibition made brewing and distribution of alcohol illegal...
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