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“There are 14 known attempts to escape form Alcatraz, involving 36 inmates. The Federal Bureau of Prisons says that 23 were captured, six were shot and killed during their attempts getaways, two drowned and five went missing and were presumed dead.” (Unknown) In this essay, I plan to give the reader a brief description of the escape attempts, in order of the date attempted. Alcatraz was built in 1847. The first attempt occurred in April 27, 1936. While burning trash at the incinerator, Joe Bowers started climbing up and over the fence at the edge of the island. “After refusing to climb back down, Bowers was shot by an officer stationed in the West road guard tower, then fell about 50-100 feet to the shore below.” (unknown) He died from his

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