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  1. Apr 5, 2024 · No one was known to have successfully escaped from Alcatraz—located some 1.5 miles (2 km) offshore, in San Francisco Bay—since it became a federal penitentiary in 1934. For this reason, prisoners with a history of successful or attempted escapes elsewhere were often sent there.

  2. May 26, 2024 · 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.

  3. May 16, 2022 · Ramey Logan) Military.com | By Blake Stilwell. Published May 16, 2022. Between 1934 and 1963, the country's most dangerous convicts were sent to an island prison in San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz...

  4. Jan 25, 2018 · John Anglin, his brother Clarence, and Frank Morris broke out of their cells on the night of June 11, 1962, and were never seen again. The men were the only prisoners ever to have escaped from Alcatraz. Follow possible trajectories of the raft launched from Alcatraz in 1962.

  5. Jan 12, 2024 · Between 1934 and 1963 Alcatraz became infamous for being a federal prison. The stories we know come from the records that have been saved and passed down to us. Here you can listen to the individual stories of the people who were there when these events happened, and you can decide what kind of place Alcatraz was from their firsthand ...

  6. Mar 21, 2013 · National. Alcatraz: Looking Back at the Rock, 50 Years Later. March 21, 2013. prev. 2 of 10. Bettmann / CORBIS. The mug shots of three escaped prisoners from Alcatraz Island: Clarence Anglin,...

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  8. Cell block in Alcatraz, a former prison on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California. Alcatraz, originally envisioned as a naval defense fortification, was designated a residence for military offenders in 1861, and it housed a diverse collection of prisoners in its early years.

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