The Battle Of Alcatraz, 1946: What Happened? How Many Died? Did They Escape?

On 2 May 1946, several prisoners held at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary enacted a plan to escape the island prison. The ensuing 48-hour siege was the most violent in the prison's history, resulting in five deaths and more than a dozen injured. Emma Slattery Williams takes up the tale of the incident later dubbed the 'battle of Alcatraz'

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The escape attempt was planned by Bernard Coy. Three other convicts were involved in the main plan, Marvin Hubbard, Joseph Cretzer and Clarence

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