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2 days ago · His accomplices were brothers John and Clarence Anglin, inmates AZ1476 and AZ1485, respectively. The brothers had a long rap sheet, with arrests for robbery and other violent crimes. They were sent to Alcatraz after a failed escape attempt at another federal prison.[^7] Both brothers were skilled swimmers and grew up near water in Florida.
17 hours ago · In June 1962, three inmates—Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin—executed a daring escape from the notorious Alcatraz prison. This video dives ...
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5 days ago · In 1946, a group of inmates staged a failed escape attempt known as the Battle of Alcatraz, resulting in a standoff with prison guards and the deaths of several individuals. Alcatraz closed as a penitentiary in 1963.
5 days ago · After all at Levenworth the prisoners would escape and disappear, on Alcatraz they could attack the guard's families, take hostages or even commit murder with relative impunity which was a constant worry of the families when an escape attempt was under way.
4 days ago · Alcatraz Penitentiary first began holding civilian prisoners in 1934. Thanks to the topography of the island and its distance from the shore, it was the perfect place for a prison.
