Bugün öğrendim ki: 34 kişi tarafından Alcatraz'dan kaçmak için sadece 36 girişimde bulunuldu. Sadece 5'i adadan çıkmayı başardı ve boğulduğu tahmin ediliyor. Alcatraz, bakım maliyetleri nedeniyle kapatıldı.

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[](/wiki/File:Alcatraz_Island_March_1962.jpg) San Francisco Alcatraz from Alcatraz Island March 1962 [Alcatraz Island](/wiki/Alcatraz_Island "Alcatraz Island") in [San Francisco Bay](/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay "San Francisco Bay") was the site of [Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary](/wiki/Alcatraz_Federal_Penitentiary "Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary") between 1934 and 1963. There were a total of 14 escape attempts from the prison made by 34 prisoners during this time.[1] Two men tried twice, making for a total of 36 individual escape attempts; fifteen were caught, eight gave up, seven were shot and killed, one was confirmed to have drowned and five are listed as "missing and presumed drowned".[2] Faced with high maintenance costs and a poor reputation, Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963. Most notable were the violent attempt of May 1946 called the "[Battle of Alcatraz](/wiki/Battle_of_Alcatraz "Battle of Alcatraz")" and the possibly successful June 1962 attempt by [Frank Morris](/wiki/Frank_Morris_\(prisoner\) "Frank Morris \(prisoner\)"), [John Anglin](/wiki/John_Anglin_\(criminal\) "John Anglin \(criminal\) \)")), and [Clarence Anglin](/wiki/Clarence_Anglin "Clarence Anglin"), which was [marked by careful planning and execution](/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape_attempt "June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt").