escaped from Alcatraz (http://www.alcatrazhistory.com). They quickly escaped through the ventilation shafts out to the shore. From there‚ they inflated their homemade raft. Once they disembarked for freedom they were never seen again. Many say they died in the freezing waters of the San Francisco Bay. Others say they were swept out to sea‚ but the evidence found proves that Frank Morris‚ John Anglin‚ and Clarence Anglin escaped from “The Rock”. Alcatraz was a high security prison founded in 1934
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Alcatraz- The Great Escape Welcome to The Rock. A federal prison located on Alcatraz Island resting in the chilly waters of San Francisco Bay. An island with a natural isolation. A maximum security prison that holds the most dangerous and difficult criminals. This island is surrounded by chilling waters and hazardous currents‚ which includes a horrible 1.5 mile swim to shore. Alcatraz is a hard place to break out of‚ but there have been many attempts‚ some successful‚ others not so much (Alcatraz)
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Alcatraz Alcatraz was a Super-Max prison that [held the world’s worst prisoners from murderers‚ burglars and Bootleggers. Before Alcatraz it was actually a military prison.The name of Alcatraz before well Alcatraz was called‚Alcatraz Island‚ “christening it La Isla de Los Alcatraces‚ or Island of the Pelicans‚ due to its large population of seabirds”. In conclusion‚they changed the name to Alcatraz. Before Alcatraz was made there was a lot of alcoholics. The drinking got out of hand‚ and it
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Well many of the prisoners on Alcatraz Island were treated in such a way. If you were a prisoner on Alcatraz Island‚ every aspect of your life would be controlled by a higher authority. If you like to have a midnight snack every now and then‚ that luxury would be taken away. If you like to sit around and watch TV for hours‚ you can forget about that too. Alcatraz has a long history of transformation as to how it came to be known as the inescapable prison island. This reputation did not stop a
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The June 1962 Alcatraz escape may have been the only successful escape from Penitentiary in its history. Late on the night of June 11 or early morning of June 12‚inmates Clarence Anglin‚ John Anglin‚ and Frank Morris tucked heads made out of soap wax resembling their own likenesses into their beds‚ broke out of the main prison building via an unused utility corridor‚ and departed Alcatraz Island aboard an improvised inflatable raft to an uncertain fate. Hundreds of leads have been pursued by the
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Battle of Alcatraz made headlines all over the world. Biggest secured prison battled for its control back against the prisoners. This historical event happened back in May 2nd 1946‚ and lasted for 2 days. The prison was located in San Francisco Bay about 1.5 miles of shore. The prison sat on 22 acres of an old military fort for the most violent offenders. It was made to be unbreakable with 3 stories high. It was designed to be a prison within a prison. The battle started because of an unsuccessful
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2012 Audience: Visitors of Historical Alcatraz Island Purpose: To Inform The Rock Robert Stroud “Birdman of Alcatraz”‚ Alvin “Creepy Karpis” Karpowicz‚ and Al “Scarface” Capone were only some of the notorious criminals to pass through Alcatraz Island. Surrounded by harsh currents and cold waters‚ Alcatraz Island was thought to be the ultimate place to keep criminals too criminal for landlocked prisons. In the early 1930s‚ renovations made Alcatraz a better‚ yet still crude‚ establishment
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Occupation of Alcatraz Research Question: What affect did this occupation have on future occupations/revolutions/etc.? Student Plan: I - What impact did this occupation have on future occupations? II - To answer this question‚ I’m going to go over key points in the Occupation of Alcatraz‚ noting important details and different actions taken to impact the occupation directly. Using this information as a basis‚ I will then go over relating factors in the occupations of both Winter Dam
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About eight decades ago‚ the most cruel and infamous prison in United States history was officially opened‚ Alcatraz. It was built on a deserted island 2.4 kilometers from San Francisco with cold‚ shark-infested waters in between. The building itself consisted of 336 jail cells housing approximately 200 to 350 prisoners at once‚ and had a cafeteria and recreation yard. The guards treated the convicts horribly‚ making their experience far worse than expected. Their overall goal was to isolate the
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History of Alcatraz Meghan Norris ENC1102 Composition II Virginia Fontana 9/28/12 Everest University Online Alcatraz has a very long and dark history that not many people know many people know it as a prison that held the most hardened criminals that other prisons couldn’t handle. When an inmate was sent to Alcatraz it is because other prisons couldn’t handle them and they needed to be sent somewhere where they could be handled. Alcatraz was considered a prison within a prison system. But
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