Forbidding Alcatraz
by Brenda Kean
Title
Forbidding Alcatraz
Artist
Brenda Kean
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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During its 29 years of operation, the penitentiary claimed that no prisoner successfully escaped. A total of 36 prisoners made 14 escape attempts, two men trying twice; 23 were caught, six were shot and killed during their escape, two drowned, and five are listed as "missing and presumed drowned".The most violent occurred on May 2, 1946, when a failed escape attempt by six prisoners led to the Battle of Alcatraz.
In 1972 Alcatraz became a national recreation area and received designation as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
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November 9th, 2013
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