Why Did Alcatraz Escape

Imagine a solitary island, where sharks swarm the bay and prisoners loathe the fact they are stuck at “The Rock.” The prison, Alcatraz, is located a mile of the San Fransisco bay. Built in the 1860’s, and then taken over in 1934, Alcatraz was used as the most dreaded and feared prison in America. “The Rock” was used for hardened criminals, the ones who committed the greatest crimes. On the night of June 11, 1962, Frank Morris, John, and Clarence Anglin have been chipping away at the walls of their prison cells, hoping to escape their dreaded home. After they escaped, they were never seen or heard from again. Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers died trying to escape Alcatraz.

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.

After the three men escaped Alcatraz the FBI had a 17-year trial. How did the three men escape Alcatraz? The three men were John and Clarence Anglin, Frank Morris. There were four men total involved in the escape. Allen West was the only one that could not get out of his cell through the hole. How did the three men escaped? Frank used a clay head to put in his bed while escaping so when the guards looked at his cell they saw his (fake) head. They used spoons to dig a tunnel that took over a year. The tunnel that they dug brought them to an unused corridor. West could not make it out of his cell and was left behind. From the service corridor they climbed a ventilation shaft to reach the roof.

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

In June 1962, inmates John Anglin and Clarence Anglin were two of the three who escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. The brothers, John and Clarence, along with their other brother Alfred, were arrested in the early 1958 when they robbed a bank in Colombia, Alabama with a toy gun. The John and Clarence were sent to Alcatraz for various attempted escapes at other prisons, while Alfred was sent to Alabama Penitentiary. The Anglin brothers previous lockup notified Alcatraz that they should not be placed near one another. It took 14 long months of preparation before they made their big escape. They made papier-mâché head decoys with real hair that resembled

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.

December 16, 1937, partners Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe climbed through a window they had filed the bars away from over time. When they made it through the window they went to the edge of the waters, and swam away. They picked the wrong day however, because it was particularly stormy day. The currents were strong and fast. They are officially listed as missing, but most people presume they are

Alcatraz Island was federal prison located in California’s San Francisco Bay, officially opened on July 1, 1934. It was assumed that no inmate from the prison could attempt to break out by swimming and survive. It was an ideal location for a prison. It was also the site of the oldest operating lighthouse.

A couple of days later the force pursuing the fugitives went to 250 to 450 where they got a lead that the two were near a village called Cadyville. This being said a lot of agencies were involved in the search also authorities in Canada including Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was included in the search. Some of the agencies that were involved was ATF, FBI, U.S. Customs and immigration service and Forest Service Police. Part of New York State Route 374 was closed down for a while until further notice on June 11. On the seventh day of the search Joyce Mitchell was arrested and charged with aiding the escapees. Due to bad weather the search was on a standstill and hampered the search efforts. There was a break in the case when there was DNA from one of the inmates was found in the cabin near Owls Head in Franklin County. On June 26 Matt was spotted and was shot and killed by a border patrol agent in Malone, New York. The two inmates decide to split up. Sweat got spotted near Constable, New York two miles away from the Canadian border. A New York state trooper shot swear twice when they apprehend him. This is still going on Sweats is still in the hospital under lockdown. Mitchell and Gene Palmer have been charged in connection with the escape. Palmer was charged with promoting prion contraband, tampering with physical evidence and official misconduct. David

As the cold waters rush into the San Francisco Bay, they crash up against an island standing in the strait. This rock is hidden by the fog and isolated by the chilling waters of the Pacific that flow in and out every day. It has a gloom that hangs about its rocky face most know it as Alcatraz but the men who experienced this island, referred to her as “The Rock”. To the men confined there, it is not only the ultimate in isolation but the most ironic because they are there in the midst of the activity of a busy harbor with small craft darting to and from San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Richmond, and Sausalito; within sound of the honking horns of a ceaseless procession of automobiles crossing the bridges; within sight of ocean

Frank Morris was an inmate at the Federal Prison called Alcatraz. He was born on September 1, 1926. He was orphaned at the age of 11 at which time he stayed and lived in many foster homes. He spent a lot of time behind bars during his life.  He committed his first crime at the age of 13. He let narcotics possession and armed robbery get the best of him which landed him in prison. Frank was known as a very smart man. He ranked in the top 2% of the population for his intelligence. He was housed in Florida, Georgia and then Louisiana. He used his knowledge to break out the Louisiana State Penitentiary. He was then caught again and because of his past he found himself at “The Rock” in January 1960 as inmate number AZ1441.

The last time they were seen, was on their home security camera footage. They looked dazed as if something weird was happening, they were also packing their truck with their belongings. After they were done packing, they left and were never seen alive again.

2. What is known about the 57 men who died? Why did they come to the US?

One June 5th 1987 an inmate named Glen Godwin escaped Folsom and landed himself on the FBI’s top ten most wanted list. Godwin cut a hole through fence wire using a hacksaw smuggled in for him. He then crawled 750n feet through pitch black in a sewage drain that emptied into the American River. A raft was left there for him and he followed painted arrows to safety. He was finally arrested in Mexico in 1991 but also escape the weak mexican prisons and is still at large

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