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Salt Crumbling Alcatraz Bars Reveals Escape Lind
Dec 19 1962 San Francisco federal prison director James V Bennett said salt air has corroded Alcatraz bars allowing a determined inmate to cut a window bar with a string and escape aids. Scott and Parker reportedly used inflated gloves to float. Parker’s wings failed. Bennett cited guards’ vigilance and noted the prison will close next June with inmates moved to other facilities. Alcatraz population has rarely exceeded 800, now 206.
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Wallace Turner
New York Times News
San Francisco
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Federal Bureau of Prisons
James V. Bennett
Bennett
Scott
Parker
John Paul ‘Scott
Golden Gate Bridge
Carl Lee Parker
Washington
Department of Justice