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The 1962 escape from Alcatraz by three prisoners immediately became the stuff of legend – and quickly film – that has never been fully explained. A new book about brothers John and Clarence ...
Alcatraz Island (/ ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. [1] The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison.
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In 2011, a raft may have been recovered near Alcatraz on Angel Island the day after the breakout, and a car was stolen the night of the jailbreak, according to Mike Dyke of the U.S. Marshals Service.
A mysterious letter sent to the San Francisco Police Department in 2013 by a man who claimed to have escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was just obtained by local television station KPIX.
The Occupation of Alcatraz (November 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971) was a 19-month long occupation by 89 American Indians and their supporters of Alcatraz Island and its prison complex, classified as abandoned surplus federal land. [1]
With the emergency phase of COVID-19 over, a Los Angeles Times analysis shows how the pandemic took different tolls on L.A. County and New York City. A coronavirus mystery: Why New York was hit so ...