Of the 14 escape cases recorded in "alcatraz escape files", only 2 successfully escaped (but life and death are unknown). Criminals are sent to Alcatraz for different crimes. Armed robbery of banks-taking hostages is the most common, but the amount is generally not large. The largest seems to be $460,000. Some were sent in because of tax evasion (unbelievable). There are also cases where cashiers or policemen were shot during the robbery. There are also many criminals who continue to commit crimes and get caught after breaking out of other prisons. It makes people feel that with the IQ, stamina, and courage of top criminals, they should be able to live an ordinary leisurely life. (The childhood of these 14 escaped prisoners is indeed seldom without contact with poor and disabled families).
If you ask what is human nature? I remembered a passage from John Giles in Alcatraz escape file 9: "a man with a long time, he's got only one thought: he wants to escape, needs to escape....That's all you think about it. It fills your waking hours from morning to night"
What is more unbearable than the deprivation of freedom? Is there anything more hasty than letting yourself lose freedom easily?
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