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United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz ( English: / ˈælkəˌtræz /, Spanish: [ a l k a ˈ t ɾ a θ] "the gannet ") or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States. The site of a fort since the 1850s, the ...
Al Capone Bernard Coy Sam Shockley Frank Morris Clarence Anglin William G Baker. This is a list of notable inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.An inmate register reveals that there were 1576 prisoners in total which were held at Alcatraz during its time as a Federal Penitentiary, between 1934 and 1963, although figures reported have varied and some have stated it to be 1557.
In June 1962, inmates Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States. [2] Late on the night of June 11 or early morning of June 12, the three men tucked papier-mâché heads resembling their own ...
The U.S. Marshals Service has released age-progressed images of three men who escaped the notorious Alcatraz prison more than 60 years ago. Frank Morris as well as brothers Clarence and John ...
Henri Young. Henri Theodore Young (born June 20, 1911 – disappeared 1972) was an American convicted bank robber and murderer [2] who, while serving one of a series of prison terms, attempted to escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary with four other inmates in 1939. During the escape attempt, two inmates, Dale Stamphill and Arthur "Doc ...
81 years ago today, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island. On August 11, 1934, the "most dangerous" prisoners in the United States were put on the mysterious island situated 1.5 ...
Battle of Alcatraz. The Battle of Alcatraz, which lasted from May 2 to 4, 1946, was the result of an escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary by armed convicts. Two Federal Bureau of Prisons officers—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed (Miller by inmate Joseph Cretzer who attempted escape and Stites by friendly fire).
List of Alcatraz escape attempts. Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay was the site of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary between 1934 and 1963. There were a total of 14 escape attempts from the prison made by 34 prisoners during this time. [1] Two men tried twice, making for a total of 36 individual escape attempts; fifteen were caught, eight gave ...