# Alcatraz warden's notebook page for Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen, No. 1518

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/nara-236734774-mickey-cohen-alcatraz-1961/

Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Meyer Harris Cohen, received at Alcatraz on 28 July 1961 under a 15-year income-tax sentence from the Southern District of California. A copy is stored here.

The National Archives catalog titles this page "COHEN, MEYER HARRIS "MICKEY" - Alcatraz Number 1518 - Warden's Notebook." It is in the series Warden's Notebook Pages (NAID 296686), Records of the Bureau of Prisons. The identification photograph's placard reads "U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz 1518 7 28 61". The page records the offense as attempt to evade and defeat income tax, a 15-year sentence from the Southern District of California, and a criminal history list, which this page does not transcribe.

The catalog records his receipt at Alcatraz on 07/28/1961 by direct commitment, a transfer on 10/17/1961 (appeal bond), and the remark "RET TO AZ (05-14-62 USM - 02/26/1963 A)". The page header reads "Transferred to Atlanta 2-26-63".

The catalog lists access for some notebook pages as "Restricted - Possibly" (staff review); this page is digitized, online, and marked use-unrestricted. The copy stored here is page 1 of the digital object. The same series holds [Capone's notebook page](/items/nara-236736566-alcatraz-wardens-notebook-capone-85/).

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/236734774