Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin were most likely the only people to escape from Alcatraz. It took months of preparations and hard work to pull this escape off, but they made it happen. There were many escapes attempted, but the only one that may have been successful took place in 1962 and was known as “The Great Escape.”
Alcatraz was a federal prison located in San Francisco Bay, California. The prison was in operation from 1934-1963, and it held some of America’s most dangerous felons. It was known as an inescapable prison and “the prison system’s prison.” Alcatraz typically held around 260-275 prisoners. During the twenty-nine years of operation, approximately thirty-six inmates tried to escape Alcatraz. Most of them were caught, shot and killed, or presumed drowned in the Bay. On June 11, 1962, Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin escaped from the inescapable prison. There are still searches for the three men, but there hasn't been any proof that their escape was or was not successful.
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He was tossed around in foster homes, and was convicted of his first crime at the age of thirteen. He spent most of his years in a correctional system and was sent to a boys training school until he was old enough to be sent to a series of larger penitentiaries. Morris was sent to Alcatraz because of the numerous escape attempts at every other prison he was in. He was sent to Alcatraz on January 18, 1960.
Brothers John and Clarence Anglin were first sent to the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta for bank robbery where they first met Frank Morris.They were sent to the Federal Penitentiary along with their brother Alfred, who was later executed for manslaughter of some prison guards. John and Clarence, after the death of their brother, were sent to Alcatraz following a sequence of attempted