Alcatraz Prisoner Mug Shots and Records

45 fact filled Alcatraz prisoner, mugshots and record cards! Alcatraz Island, until the mid 19 century actress was merely one of the base several islands. The regions native people may have used it as a place to harvest, bird eggs, and other staples later neither the Spanish or the Mexican authorities considered it to be particular value, so the government decided to make it a lighthouse and on the island And create the first modern day sell house in 1912. In the early 1930s island was transferred from the Department of war to the Department of Justice, which transformed it into a new federal super prison. Completely inescapable! On June 12, 1962, the routine early morning bed check turned out to be anything but. Three convicts were not in their cells: John Anglin, his brother Clarence, and Frank Morris. In their beds were cleverly built dummy heads made of plaster, flesh-tone paint, and real human hair that apparently fooled the night guards. Last picture shows the escaped prisoners!