242 prisoners, 3 had died though
1,576 men were held at alcatraz prison off the San Fransisco bay in california.
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Alcatraz, Gauntanomo Bay to list some of the more famous ones.
about 1,580 prisoners and about 150 guards.
Convicts didn't survive their attempts to escape Alcatraz because of the cold water and tricky currents.
There are many types of convicts but the main ones are government service convicts, assigned convicts, expirees, emancipists and ticket of leave convicts.
Alcatraz existed for 28 years
13 convicts died on the Scarboraugh
Well for one, Alcatraz housed some of the world's most deadly criminals. Also many of the convicts placed on Alcatraz were masters of escaping. Thus the security had to be up to par so the master escapees would be challenged on how to escape. Now in 1962, three men did sucsessfully escape from Alcatraz. They, on the other hand, were never seen again and were presumed dead by the State Officials. What this has to do with security is the three escapees had to dig through an 8 inch wall of concrete surrounding their cells. To find more about Alcatraz you might want to visit "www.alcatrazhistory.com/mainpg.htm".
The Fishburn was a storeship. It carried no convicts.
In the case of US presidents, The House impeaches, and the Senate tries the case.