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Alcatraz, The so thought inescapable prison was built when a crime wave hit the United States in the 1920s. No one had succeeded at escaping until the very famous prisoners at Alcatraz known as Frank Lee Morris and his friends, the two brothers. The reasons why they were famous at Alcatraz is because of their criminal history, how they escaped, and the mystery of where they are now after the escape is still not solved. The criminal history of Frank Lee Morris and the two brothers made it clear that they belonged in Alcatraz. One reason why they were all sent to Alcatraz is because Frank Lee Morris was notorious for escaping prisons so were the brothers so they would have been a perfect fit for Alcatraz (Library of Congress “1”). The reason why they were a perfect fit is because Frank Lee Morris had escaped many prisons before Alcatraz, …show more content…

No prisoner at Alcatraz had never had these materials and the plan Frank Lee Morris and the two brothers had used to escape. For example they had used stolen spoons and nail clippers to dig through the cement of their cell and to a utility closet that lead to the wall outside (Library of Congress “1”). You might be think how did the guards not see the giant hole in the back of their cell they had used cardboard to cover it up so no one except them knew where it was(Vega 2). After they got to the utility closet they made their plan to escape. Their plan was,”Once everyone had fallen asleep they had premade paper heads of themselves to place in their bed so the guards thought they were in bed.”(Hopkinson “1”). Once they dug through and had placed the heads in the bed they would have gone out to the bay but had to be very careful of not getting spotted by the search light. At the bay they made a raft out of 50 raincoats that they stole and set out to the sea while fighting rough currents, cold water, and shark infested water (Vega

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