Escape From Alcatraz

Alcatraz the most impossible prison to break out of or was thought to be until the night of June 11 1962 at exactly 9:30. Alcatraz is known to be the toughest and most feared prison in America. Alcatraz is said to be impossible to escape from and the men who tried to escape didn’t survive the escape. Men who have tried to escape before drowned in the frigid cold waters of the San. Francisco Bay. Alcatraz was nicknamed “Uncle Sam’s Devil’s Island,” when it opened as a federal prison in August 1934. Men who broke the rules would also face a harsh punishment and the most feared was solitary confinement. Most people hated their cell in solitary confinement because they would be away from everyone and have nothing to do in their except stare at …show more content…
The three inmates have been developing an ingenious plan for months to escape. So this shows that they were developing an ingenious plan for months so it would mean that they have been putting a lot of thought in to it. Also they may have been using all their tactics they used to escape other prisons. They three inmates have also been chipping away pieces of the concrete wall with tiny tools. So this proves that if they were chipping away pieces of the concrete wall they must have been using stolen tools they stole from the prison. They could have also been doing everything at night so they wouldn’t get caught and they might have been using the small tools to not make a loud noise. So if they have been trying to prove everyone wrong they could have did with their ingenious plan and chipping away of the concrete …show more content…
They also started to order art supplies since they took a hobby of painting that way ordering the supplies wouldn’t look suspicious. So this indicates that they used the supplies to hide their hole to their workshop and make tricks to fool the guards. They also used the supplies to create lifeboats and life preservers for when they were in the water. So this shows that the secret workshop was pretty useful in their escape. After the escape there were sightings and reporting of them that night (From article “Escape From Alcatraz’ Pg 9 p 2). A raft was soon discovered on nearby Angel Island. So this shows that the escapees did use their raft they made and left it their to probably show people they did escape. A car was also reported to be stolen. So this proves that they stole a car to hurry up a drive away without a trace so they wouldn’t be found and be put back in jail. So the reporting that night might of all have been pointing to Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers. The three inmates succeeded in their plan to escape the rock. They wanted to prove that the rock was not impossible to escape, they had a secret workshop, and there was reporting of them. The three inmates might of escaped Alcatraz or might of not it is just an unknown