Comparison Of Alcatraz And The Florida State Prison

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They both had claimed that they had used a weapon only once during their robberies which was told to be a toy gun. They were both arrested in 1956 and both received a 15 to 20 year jail sentence. As Campbell said “they both served at the Florida State Prison, Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, and the Atlanta Penitentiary” (Siegel). After many failed attempts to escape from the Atlanta Penitentiary both of the Anglin brothers were sent to Alcatraz to serve the rest of their sentence. “John Anglin had arrived on October 21, 1960, as inmate number AZ1476, and Clarence Anglin had arrived on January 10, 1961, as inmate number AZ1485” (Siegel). Frank Morris was an orphan at age 11 and spent most of his years in foster homes (Siegel). At age 13 he

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