Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood.If they had been caught, you would imagine they would've been put in the prison's most punishing room: The Hole.That was a pitch-black solitary confinement cell, which prisoners who were acting up and causing trouble were thrown into.
On other occasions it was used to try and get information from people who weren't following orders.Some of the most notorious criminals were chucked in Alcatraz - even Al Capone spent time in there.Gangster Capone served four years in the 1930s, convicted of tax evasion.
He played banjo in the prison band but later admitted: “It looks like Alcatraz has got me licked.”His ghost is said to haunt the place.Other famous inmates included mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger and kidnapper George “Machine Gun” Kelly.
Psychopathic murderer Robert Stroud, who had once killed a prison guard, spent 17 years inside. Known as the “Birdman of Alcatraz” for his avian hobbies, he was played by Burt Lancaster in a hit 1962 movie.Over 29 years, 36 inmates made a total of 14 escape attempts.
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