Best Quotes About Alcatraz

"Alcatraz was once the only federal penitentiary in the US that provided hot showers for its inmates."

"Alcatraz had a long held reputation of being impossible to escape from, however, there are many theories and some evidence that they did in fact make it off that rock."

"Even professional and well-trained swimmers who have taken on the distance between Alcatraz and the mainland hundreds of times never know what to expect."

"Alcatraz became like this little town, this little community of its own with a bakery and a bowling alley."

"No cell mates also the food at Alcatraz was renowned as the best prison food in the country and the guards and inmates actually ate the same meals."

"That's how you escape from Alcatraz, period."

"It's just that easy, that's how you escape from Alcatraz."

"Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island."

"In a letter to Alcatraz historian Michael Esslinger, he stated, quote 'If I could choose my epitaph on my tombstone, it would be ‘I’d rather be in Alcatraz.’'"

"Escape was almost impossible; prisoners who tried faced icy waters, deadly currents, disorienting fog, and fearsome predators."

"Can the underwater landscape explain the Rock's reputation as an inescapable prison?"

"Liberty seemed so close that for some it was irresistible."

"The punishment of Alcatraz was this: the view of what was going on across the bay."

"There's never been a more iconic prison in history than Alcatraz."

"My name is John Anglin, I escaped from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris."

"Alcatraz: The end of the line for criminals."

"Alcatraz: The inescapable island."

"The unpleasant environment of Alcatraz, along with the harsh conditions of the prison itself, led many to contemplate escape."

"Alcatraz was considered the most secure prison in America, christened with the label 'escape-proof'."

"Almost from the moment it opened, people were fascinated by 'The Rock', not only because of its location and structure, but because of who was kept there."

"The infamous prison became a tourist trap, with an estimated 1.5 million people taking the ferry to the island each and every year."

"While conditions in Alcatraz were certainly poor, it didn't really live up to the reputation that it inspired."

"So now that we've got the TLDR history of Alcatraz out of the way, let's talk about the four men that tried to do what everyone said was impossible: Escape from Alcatraz."

"Alcatraz Island has been surrounded with myths from its very inception."

"The plan to break out of Alcatraz was actually made by four men: Frank Morris, John Clarence Anglin, and another prisoner named Alan Clayton West."

"You could say that the bay has really created Alcatraz's reputation."

"Life on Alcatraz was no joke for inmates."

"Imagine if it's Alcatraz and there's the sea breeze, that might be a little bit different but Florida? Oh god."

"Like, I've heard a bunch of people talk about how when they've gone there, like, you could feel something was just different, like with the place, the Rock, Alcatraz. People have said the energy there just feels completely off from everywhere else."

"Alcatraz: don't nothing good like it's gonna come when you go to that."

"Alcatraz: the toughest, hardest place in the world."

"It was one of the first accounts about life inside the infamous prison."

"Alcatraz is the name of the famous prison located on an island in the San Francisco Bay."

"I wanted to shoot on Alcatraz... my mouth dropped open and I said we got to shoot half the movie here."

"For now, I'm doing the impossible, for now, I am escaping Alcatraz."

"Food at Alcatraz is much better than usual prison fare."

"For the first time, it was proven that a determined inmate could, under specific circumstances, temporarily escape from Alcatraz by swimming."

"My name is John Anglin. I escaped from Alcatraz in June 1962. Yes, we all made it that night, but barely."

"Also known as the Alcatraz of the Rockies, this isn't your average prison."

"No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz... until now."

"That's one of the benefits of Alcatraz, lots of time to practice."

"Alcatraz Island, known simply as Alcatraz or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison."

"It is a little-known fact that Alcatraz is a protected bird sanctuary and a significant breeding colony for four species of seabirds."

"The flame never went out, and Alcatraz sort of re-lit it back."

"Lompoc was created right around the time that Alcatraz got shut down."

"It's still something to be said to escape from the legendary Alcatraz."

"For more than 100 years, Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay served as a prison; in 1969, it freed a movement."

"The occupation of Alcatraz Island became the cornerstone for future American Indian activism regarding civil rights."

"Alcatraz, also known as America's Devil's Island, a Maximum Security Federal Prison."

"None of those escape attempts were successful, yet five prisoners still remain unaccounted for."

"Breaking out of Alcatraz, the most secure prison in the United States of America."

"What you can see behind me is Alcatraz, where Sean Connery escaped a few years ago."

"It's been 50 years since three inmates infamously slipped out of the supposedly escape-proof maximum security jail at Alcatraz."

"The spoon proves mightier than the bars at supposedly escape-proof Alcatraz prison."

"It appears to be the first successful escape in the history of the maximum-security prison."

"Whatever happened to Alcatraz escapees remains one of the most compelling mysteries in criminal history."

"It was a perfect plan on the night of the 11th of June 1962, three prisoners broke out of Alcatraz."

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