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December 16, 1962[edit] John Paul Scott and Darl Lee Parker were the last two prisoners to attempt to escape from Alcatraz. Scott and Parker used a makeshift saw to cut through the bars on a kitchen window in the cell house, then ran to the edge of the island and jumped into the water.
By , and UPDATED January 8, 2016. JoaquÃ­n GuzmÃ¡n Loera, a drug kingpin known as El Chapo, has been arrested by the Mexican authorities nearly six months after his escape from a maximum security prison, according to an announcement from Mexicoâs president. Mr. GuzmÃ¡nâs escape last year humiliated officials who had promised that his escape in 2001 would never be repeated.