sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month ago92 years ago today, the first federal prisoners stepped foot on Alcatraz. Not a single inmate ever officially escaped and survived.imagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
arrow-up138arrow-down1image92 years ago today, the first federal prisoners stepped foot on Alcatraz. Not a single inmate ever officially escaped and survived.sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 month agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape I guess “officially” escaped and survived is a matter of debate. One survivor was found and sent back. That means he made it — he escaped. But he was caught again and returned to alcatraz. Other escapees were never officially found according to the Wikipedia article. They could have died, or maybe they made it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape
I guess “officially” escaped and survived is a matter of debate.
One survivor was found and sent back. That means he made it — he escaped. But he was caught again and returned to alcatraz.
Other escapees were never officially found according to the Wikipedia article. They could have died, or maybe they made it.