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This is my prison, son, and I can do whatever the hell I like. |
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Warden Edwin James was chief warden in Alcatraz up to 1963. He first appeared in episode Ernest Cobb, being portrayed as an iron-fisted evil individual who rarely felt for his inmates, intimidating them to cause maximum annoyance.
According to Diego Soto, James died long before the events of 2012.
Biography
James initially made his first appearance in the first episode, "Pilot," but the scene was cut from the final aired premier. His only presence in the episode was in the smashed photograph found at E.B. Tiller's home.
Ernest Cobb
"We'll get you into a cell, but first the boss wants to cast an eyeball on you. The warden likes to welcome the new fish in person. But he's king screw, and you'll do well not to piss him off." - E.B. Tiller.
Warden Edwin James was chief warden of The Rock up to 1963, after which his fate is unknown. He personally greeted inmate Ernest Cobb, like every other new arrival, resorting to bully him as much as possible until the strain hospitalized Cobb.
A smashed photograph of Tiller and James, found in Tillers home after he was murdered by Jack Sylvane.
In 1960, James sought a private meeting with Cobb in the mess hall regarding Cobb's request to be situated in a private cell, in order to be alone. James mocked this and denied his request, and after hearing that Cobb's had managed to land himself in Solitary, he put a talkative inmate named Yapper in the same cell, which greatly angered Cobb. After this, James decided to hire Lucille Sengupta to help Cobb.
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