The Great Alcatraz Escape, 1962

The report by Laura Sullivan is about three men escaping from Alcatraz and in it she describes the actions these men took to break free and never be seen again.

Morris and the Anglin brothers escaped the most secure prison in the world!? Impossible! Morris and the Anglin brothers did not escape Alcatraz.

In 1934, Alcatraz seemed a perfect place for an escape proof prison, for America’s worst criminals. Escape attempts were rare in Alcatraz. People who tried, were either Caught, killed,or Drowned. “It was sort of like the titanic, You know, the titanic's never gonna sink,” Arthur Roderick said,”I think, everybody just figured that nobody’s gonna escape from Alcatraz.” But on June 11 1962, 3 prisoners were known to escape from Alcatraz.

They used sharpened spoons and nail clippers to dig a hole in their cells. They each made a vent cover to conceal their hole when the prison guards passed by. The guards also patrolled at night, so they used dummy heads to trick the guards into thinking they were still in bed. Once they loosened a flawed air vent they were able to get on the roof. They got past the razor wire on the roof and used rope to travel to the ground.

For many years people have thought of Alcatraz as one of the most heavily fortified prison in the United States.. Alcatraz was the most feared place by every criminal of the time that Alcatraz was created to the time it closed it’s doors. Many prisoners attempted to escape, but on the record no one ever did. The men sent to Alcatraz were sent there to be broken not to break it. The few brave men who attempted to break out faced harsh punishment or death. It would take a truly intelligent group of men to escape Alcatraz. Only three men were truly that smart to breakout of the most infamous prison in american history.

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Can two brothers and a fuegitive survive escaping Alcatraz, the most secure prison in the country at that time? Yes, because there is enough evidence to prove that they could have survived, in this essay I will list multiple reasons to influence you on why they survived. At the time Alcatraz was the so called “most secure prison in the country” holding the most worst of the worst. Two criminal brothers by the names of John and Clarence Anglin were transferred to the prison. The two brothers got to know Frank Morris over the months of being in the prison.

Alcatraz is located off the shore of the San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz was a federal prison from 1934-1963. This federal prison house some of the most dangerous and difficult felons in it’s years of operation. Before Alcatraz was a federal prison it was used as a military prison. Many believed this was the perfect place to have a prison due to the fact that no inmater would be able to successfully escape by swimming, because of the cold, rigid, shark infested waters. In 1963 the prison shut down due to the operating expenses.

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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

Alcatraz Island, located in the center of San Francisco Bay in California, is a popular historical site. Previously, it was a military fortification, and for some time also a military and federal

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

For my research paper, I have chosen to research the history of Alcatraz. I chose this topic because over the summer my family went to San Francisco, California and we went to Alcatraz. While at Alcatraz, we got to meet an actual prisoner from Alcatraz, William G. Baker. There are three questions that I hope I can answer by the end of my research. First, I would like to know what life was like for the prisoners at Alcatraz and for the children that lived there. Then, I hope to answer how many escape attempts there were. Next, I want to find out if any prisoners survived the escape from Alcatraz. Finally, I want to know why the prison shut down. I do not expect to have any problems with this topic, there should be plenty of information out

dark cold place with no light, running water, and bed. the guards make the prisoners strip in The hole with little amount of food and

The escape route then led up through the air vent and into a corridor that ran behind the cells. Quite impressively the prisoners removed the rivets from the grille on the vent and substituted dummy rivets they had made from soap so that the guards couldn't notice the difference.