sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 16 days ago92 years ago today, the first federal prisoners stepped foot on Alcatraz. Not a single inmate ever officially escaped and survived.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11
arrow-up139arrow-down1image92 years ago today, the first federal prisoners stepped foot on Alcatraz. Not a single inmate ever officially escaped and survived.lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·16 days 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.