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prisoners were transferred on/off the island each year.But, it was a Federal Prison for 29 years.
29 prisoners tried. it is said 0 made it..
This happened in stages. Prisoners were mustered off the island until the last prisoner, Frank C. Weatherman, left the island on the day it, March 21, 1963.
1,576 men were held at alcatraz prison off the San Fransisco bay in california.
Note: Alcatraz was not escape-proof, at least not during the military period (1853-1933). The first escape, in 1878, was engineered by a pair of men who stole one of the post's boats and rowed themselves to shore. Other prisoners tried to get off using articles such as a butter vat, a bread-kneading trough, driftwood, logs, planks, a discarded ladder, and other bits of flotsam. Four prisoners secured their release by forging the commander's signature on some release papers which the Army duly processed. They were caught a few days after their "discharge". Two other men took advantage of the 1918 flu epidemic: they donned flu masks and officer uniforms for the boat ride to the Presidio. They, too, were caught several days after their release.
i don't know if u mean start with a and ends with z but it could be "Alcatraz" off the shore from San Francisco i think.
First of all, you don't swim from Alcatraz and live. The ocean currents are so severe that they will tear your clothes right off.
It was considered escape proof because it was in the middle of the San Francisco bay. It was thought that if anyone did escape the prison, it would be impossible to swim all the way to the mainland. The only two prisoners to actually get off the island are claimed to have drowned.
The Alcatraz Island Prison is located in San Francisco Bay, is also known as the Rock, there have been 14 escape attempts by 36 inmates, two of which made it off the island but were later captured. There have been 7 believed to have drowned trying to escape.
off coast nearby San Francisco, CA
Stay Away Or Back Off
Yes, its in the middle of nowhere and is supposedly 'inaccessible.