Did Robert Stroud the birdman leave Alcatraz ever?

Answer 1

Robert Stroud, most commonly known as the 'bird man of Alcatraz' never kept birds while he was on 'the rock'. Hollywood sometimes strays from the facts. He wrote 2 books on the ailments of birds while serving time in Leavenworth prison.

Alcatraz was a hardcore federal penitentary and keeping any kind of pet or carrying out any kind of research would not have been allowed. He also did extensive studies on the American Penal system, again at Leavenworth, not Alcatraz.

Amid much hoopla about his release, he was transferred to Federal Medical Center in Springfield, MO in 1959. He died there in 1963, having spent 56 of his 76 years in prison, most of those years in solitary confinment.

Answer 2

Yes