How Did Alcatraz Escape Proof Prison

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When people do bad things and get caught get punished. Sometimes they go to jail or prison. There is a prison that was meant to be escape when it was in service because it took very bad criminals. Alcatraz was suppose to be the escape proof prison, but has anybody escaped this “escape proof prison”?
Alcatraz is a very high security prison off the coast of san francisco, california built in 1847. they used this prison from 1934 - 1663 to house the worst criminals in the san francisco area. Alcatraz was suppose to be impossible to escape from. altho there is a large number of people that think three people have actually escaped from Alcatraz. Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, and Frank Morris were all believed to escape from the high security

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