Dead Or Alive: Alcatraz Prison

The treacherous life at Alcatraz led many men to snap. Alcatraz was a death trap for some, on an island just miles away from San Francisco, with the freezing currents of San Francisco Bay surrounding it. Over the years there had been many escape attempts, but none as mysterious as the one that Frank Morris, Allen West, and brothers Clarence and John Anglin had been plotting for months. Numerous people believe that they died during this escape “attempt,” but evidence has shown that they most likely escaped Alcatraz successfully and survived. This evidence includes no bodies were found, a lot of people have claimed to have seen them, and a family friend later shared a picture of the brothers after their escape with the

To begin with," The most notorious could not beat Alcatraz not even gangsters like Al ‘Scarface’ Capone could escape,” Scope pg. 9 December 2017 to January 2018. To add on to that, 33 other prisoners attempted to escape Alcatraz yet none of them got away with it. If 33 of some of America's most infamous prisoners failed to escape, how could Morris and the Anglin brothers do it?

So in conclusion the men could have escaped, and made it to either The Marin Headlands or Angel Island.The only successful escapees of Alcatraz had a well thought out plan because some think they are currently in Brazil, on their own farm, they had a good way to distract the guards,and get out of the cell, and they poured themselves over countless tide tables and ferry

The Alcatraz federal prison, located on the San Francisco island of the same name, was dubbed “escape-proof” during its years of operation from 1934-1963 and was designed to hold the worst criminals in America (Timeline: Alcatraz Escape Attempts). During its 29 years, Alcatraz held most prisoners without incident, but there were still 14 escape attempts (Timeline...Attempts). June 11, 1962 marks one of the most sensationalized attempts by Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin (The Great Escape from Alcatraz). Although officials said the inmates drowned, many claim they escaped and lived as fugitives (The...Alcatraz). In order to investigate the aforementioned belief, my group defined a successful escape as getting off Alcatraz, making

Hands down, Alcatraz was the most successful prison ever built in America. Other prisons could not compare, because Alcatraz also was one of the most expensive prisons. The Rock held the most dangerous prisoners alive, and it kept them safely locked away. In 1963, the prisoners were shipped to different prisons around the country. The problem was that the prison was too hard to run and it was too expensive, as the goods and supplies had to be brought on boat. Alcatraz was the best and most safe prison to ever be built in America but for only a couple

Being in prison is difficult, but being in a brutal prison is even harder and many wonder did Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers escape alive or did they die trying. The prison was strict and had very high security for very horrid criminals, which made it impossible to escape. Articles state Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers died trying to escape the well-guarded prison of Alcatraz.

Alcatraz was a prison, that was in use from 1934 to 1963. It housed some of the world´s most dangerous criminals over the span of twenty-nine years. I chose to write about Alcatraz because I like the history of weird and creepy places, which Alcatraz is. Alcatraz is creepy because there are many claims that people have heard the cries and moans in cell blocks A, B, and C. I also chose to write about this because I wanted to learn more about Alcatraz. Someday I want to go there. This essay will explain why an Army prison was turned into a federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, who were some famous inmates that once occupied a cell there and, it will detail some of the attempted escapes from Alcatraz.

After Lt. Kilpatrick gave the bail out order, four of the crew were able to escape the doomed plane. Their parachutes opened and they floated to the ground where they were captured and remained POW’s for the duration of the war. The remaining crew were either killed in the initial attack or were trapped in the bomber as it spun out of control and crashed into the

This famous prison known as “The Rock” constructed in an island surrounded by bone chilling water, located off the coast of the San Francisco bay, just over a mile from the city was made in attempts to make escapes much more hazardous. For many decades, “The Rock” served as a powerful fortress, military prison and a federal prison, housing the most dangerous criminals of the latter half of the 20th century, in some way separating the evil from the civilian population, employing prison guards known to be the toughest and extremists in the country. Alcatraz initiated in 1934 became the first federal prison in the history of the United States with the highest maximum-security system active until 1963. Being full of myths and history that today

There is some proof that they died. There is an least 1 mile of water surrounding Alcatraz. People have completed the swim,(people who wear wetsuits and other equipment) but these are unfit prisoners who rarely get any exercise. Alcatraz continues to tell that the shower water in Alcatraz was purposely hot. They purposely turned the water up so the prisoners would adapt to the warm water.

Alcatraz Island has quite a distinct history. Many people know that Alcatraz served as a federal prison, but most are reluctant to know that this island served as fort. Built before the Civil War, it served two main purposes. First, that it was to guard the San Francisco bay area from enemy ships against a foreign invasion, and second, to hold hostage prisoners of war or POW's as they were called. In this report, I'll show you how this fortress came to be a federal prison, why it is no longer in operation today, and most importantly, to show why it was built in the first place. When the great "Gold Rush" of 1849 first started, California grew from what would be considered a small, unpopulated state, into

First of all, the currents could have helped them get to land after getting off of Alcatraz Island. The MythBusters proved that you don’t have to go against the current. All the runaways had to do was paddle away from the island and the current would pull them and their raft to the mainland. The MythBusters video also said that Frank Morris had an IQ of 133. That

Many people know Alcatraz as one of the most popular prisons but, not many know about the back story of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. This prison, at the time, was a maximum-security prison that was based on an island 1.25 mile off the shore. The main prison building early on was used as a military army prison and was built around the year 1910. Since the 1860’s Alcatraz had been a site of a citadel. The prison opened in August 11th of 1934. Alcatraz was being modified and modernized to meet all requirements of a high security maximum prison.

Did the 3 men that escaped Alcatraz make it out alive? Yes, in my opinion, I think they made it out alive, due to lots of evidence and facts I think they made it out alive. The Alcatraz escapees had made a raft out of over 50 raincoats. When they had finally finished making the raft they sailed off in victory knowing they were finally free. They had only one struggle until knowing they were finally free and that was if they would make it out alive or not. It has been stated that there was a raft found with footsteps leading away from it on Angel Island. According to, Did Frank Morris make it out alive video, there goal was to make it to Angel Island.

This hubris that kept pushing them forward to the top and to the vault got them through and ultimately a lot of them drown within the vault’s sealed waters. This can also be seen in Hillalum’s thoughts as he is nearly drowning in the waters, “He would die closer to Heaven than any man before.” (Chiang 25) Even in his presumed last moments, it was a competition of sorts to be the closest to Heaven’s gates. These instances are minor compared to what could have happened because of their greed.