June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt Alcatraz. John arrived on October 24, 1960, as inmate AZ1476, and Clarence on January 10, 1961, as inmate AZ1485. Allen Clayton West (March 25, 1929 – December 21, 1978) was born in New York City. He was imprisoned for car theft in 1955, first at Atlanta Penitentiary, then at Florida State Prison. After an unsuccessful escape attempt from the Florida facility, he was transferred to Alcatraz in 1957 and became inmate AZ1335. When West was transferred to Alcatraz, he was 28 years old, and had the education of an eighth grader. West was arrested over 20 times throughout his lifetime.
Folsom State Prison Rehabilitation, local law enforcement agencies, and the California Highway Patrol joined the search for the two men, who were apprehended in Inglewood, CA on November 22, 2010. Inmate Todd Willis walked away about 8 a.m. from a minimum-security housing facility at the prison; a few days later on October 31, 2017, an off duty officer was driving through Rancho Cordova when she spotted someone she recognized as an inmate who walked away from Folsom State Prison five days earlier. Police were contacted and Willis was quickly apprehended. In 1937, Warden Clarence Larkin, was stabbed during an escape attempt and died