Joseph Bowers Joseph Bowers Joseph "Dutch" Bowers (December 13, 1896 – April 27, 1936) was the first man to attempt an escape from Alcatraz prison. On 27 April 1936, convict Henry Larry claims to have watched Bowers, who was feeding seagulls, stack some empty barrels and climb up next to the fence so he could retrieve a bit of food which had fallen on the barbed wire. He stood there feeding the birds for several minutes until a tower guard turned, saw him atop the fence, and fired on the convict. Bowers fell seventy feet to his death on the rocks below.
Lagos prison break Lagos prison break The Lagos prison break was an attack on the Kirikiri medium Security Prison at Apapa in Lagos State, a southwestern Nigeria by some convicted inmates of the prison. The attack was an attempt to break the prison but was unsuccessful. It was reported that 20 inmate was dead and 32 was injured as a result of the attack The incident was reported to have occurred on 10 October 2014 at around 4 pm. The prison break was unsuccessful as a result of a collaborative effort of the and the Kirikiri divisional police officers in conjunction with the