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Alcatraz escape of June 1962: Media

jailbreak, Alcatraz Island, California, United States

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Alcatraz Island
The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California.
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Dummy used in the 1962 Alcatraz escape
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The hole used by Frank Morris to escape his cell
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The dummy head found in Frank Morris's cell
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