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** Thing is, this isn't a bad escape plan, which is why it worked. Basically it relies on the fact that it simply isn't practical to monitor prisoners TOO closely, so if you're clever enough... plus, after this happened I suspect it became a lot more popularized anyway. |
** Thing is, this isn't a bad escape plan, which is why it worked. Basically it relies on the fact that it simply isn't practical to monitor prisoners TOO closely, so if you're clever enough... plus, after this happened I suspect it became a lot more popularized anyway. |
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** The Guards were also relying on San Francisco bay's freezing, and [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|Great White]] ''infested'', water doing the hard work for them. Which may have happened. |
** The Guards were also relying on San Francisco bay's freezing, and [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|Great White]] ''infested'', water doing the hard work for them. Which may have happened. |
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*** Exactly one prisoner who escaped from Alcatraz Island is confirmed as having survived the swim to shore -- and he was immediately recaptured on the beach. |
*** Exactly one prisoner who escaped from Alcatraz Island is confirmed as having survived the swim to shore -- and he was immediately recaptured on the beach. Alcatraz was considered 'inescapable' not because of the quality of the guards or the building, but because even if you could get out of the prison you'd pretty much need to be Superman to get off the island. |
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* [[Truth in Television]]: A convict in a US prison was able to escape by dressing up as a guard, because the guards were more familiar with the prisoners than each other. |
* [[Truth in Television]]: A convict in a US prison was able to escape by dressing up as a guard, because the guards were more familiar with the prisoners than each other. |
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** There has also been at least one case where an accomplice faxed realistic-looking release papers from a nearby McDonald's fax machine, resulting in a convict walking out scot-free, without anyone thinking about double-checking even the clearly visible fax-number. |
** There has also been at least one case where an accomplice faxed realistic-looking release papers from a nearby McDonald's fax machine, resulting in a convict walking out scot-free, without anyone thinking about double-checking even the clearly visible fax-number. |
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