Al Capone History: April 21, 1986 - Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing November 16, 1939 - Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail May 4, 1932 - Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary February 2, 1932 - Al Capone sent to prison October 24, 1931 - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion June 12, 1931 - Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury January 17, 1899 - Al Capone, born in Brooklyn, New York, gangster, Chicago bootlegging