Gaol-birds only.

The prison library in Alcatraz once held 15,000 books for the few hundred inmates. Not a bad ratio.

Alcatraz library. D700, 16-35mm @ 24mm, ISO 800.

The library, and the garden once tended by inmates, are the closest you get to a semblance of humanity in this evil place.

Lightroom 4’s enhanced ability to pull up detail in the shadows, especially if you expose for the highlights as I tend to, works nicely here.