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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.
Fifty years after his death, the manuscripts of Robert Stroud, who was known as the Birdman of Alcatraz and died at the federal prison hospital in Springfield, Mo., are being released as an e-book. The movie rights have been sold, too. Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader.