Escape from Alcatraz

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    Morris, the escapists of Alcatraz, was the first prisoner to escape the horrible island. The year is 1962, Four of the most popular prisoners are sent to Alcatraz, like Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, and the most horrible prisoners are being sent to the most dangerous, and are wishing they never broke the law. prison in the U.S. One day on Alcatraz Island, Frank Morris, Clarence and John Anglin were gathering all the materials they needed for this huge escape attempt. According…

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    The most famous escape to ever occur at Alcatraz resulted in a battle. On May 2, 1946, five prisoners teamed up to plan an escape. Bernard Paul Coy was the head of the plan and was joined by Joseph Cretzer, Clarence Carnes, Sam Shockley, and Miran Thompson. On May 2, Joseph Cretzer covered himself with axle grease and started to climb the West End Gun Gallery. When he reached the top, he placed a bar-spreader between two bars and was able to make a ten inch opening to squeeze through. Cretzer…

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    Socrates’s parent, everyone ought to obey their parents, if he were to escape Socrates would be dishonoring his parent, and hence Socrates should not escape. This argument is clearly a metaphor. Now let us explicate the steps Socrates took to prove the patron argument; the state is Socrates’s supporter, we should obey our supporters, if Socrates were to escape, he would disobey his supporter, hence Socrates should not escape. Socrates believes we should obey our supporters because we feel…

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    Though Alcatraz was a famous prison, it has an amazing story behind it. With its beautiful gardens to its famous inmates and mysteries, Alcatraz. It inspires people around the world drawing them to the famous prison. Alcatraz has a fascinating history about it’s origin words to how it became a prison. According to The Federal Bureau of Prisons, the word alcatraz comes from the spanish word “Alcatraces” and he word Alcatraz itself means “pelican” or “strange bird”. Alcatraz is the prison for the…

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    Essay On Alcatraz

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    Archives of Alcatraz In 1775, a spanish explorer named Juan Manuel De Ayala sighted the island of Alcatraz. He named it Isla de los Alcatraces, which translates to Island of the Pelicans because of the birds which call the island home. Juan Manuel de Ayala proceeded on and charted the rest of the San Francisco Bay. In 1848, the U.S. Military realized the island could be used to its tactical advantage. Two years later, president Millard Fillmore issued an executive order designating Alcatraz…

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    Alcatraz Research Paper

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    Escaping Uncle Sam’s Devil Island The Federal prison known as Alcatraz, is in the chilly waters of California’s San Francisco Bay. It housed some of America’s most difficult and dangerous criminals during the years 1934 to 1963. For over thirty years Alcatraz Island was the main destinations for the nation’s most violent criminals. Criminals like Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Robert Stroud, also known as The birdman of Alcatraz. With ninety guards working round the clock, including…

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    Alcatraz was built as a maximum security prison, it was capable of escape, but prisoners never made it off the island alive. This prison on the water was built to hold the most dangerous criminals, because it was the hardest prison to escape from. Today you can visit and or tour Alcatraz it is now a national park for people to witness some of the stuff prisoners had to go through being there. Alcatraz has a lot of things people don’t know about it like what was the purpose, how many…

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    Alcatraz Research Paper

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    Correctional Facility Paper: Alcatraz Elizabeth Phan Introduction to Corrections July 20, 2017 Look out onto the San Francisco Bay and you see a big rock that is approximately 22 acres with some abandoned architecture on it. Well, that there is Alcatraz Island. Before Alcatraz became the tourist attraction that we know of today, it was used differently throughout the course of California history. First, the light house was placed there and it was used to guide people in and out of…

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    Alcatraz Do you know what Alcatraz is and was? Well it was a super prison that held the world’s most dangerous criminals in the world. They made it a super prison because the gangsters couldn’t be held in a regular prison, they would take over and bribe other prisoners and guards. In this essay I will tell you more about Alcatraz and where it is now and why it is how it is today. It was a very secured place and no one could get in or out unless the were let in or out. They were super serious…

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    Brief History Of Alcatraz

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    Alcatraz was a home for the worst people that crime ever knew; that is why it is important to explore the history of Alcatraz, escaped inmates, and the daily routine for these horrendous people known to crime. Alcatraz is located in San Francisco, California on an island. The island where Alcatraz was once housed is equivalent to 1.25 miles long. The island was discovered by a famous Spanish naval officer named Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775, who was the first European who entered the San…

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