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.
Helsinki County Prison of a cross, in the classical Philadelphia model; the old part of the prison was converted to an administrative building. The prison continued functioning after Finnish independence. During the Second World War, the prison was directly hit by . One guard was killed, a fire started and five prisoners used the opportunity to escape. At the end of the war, some well known convicts from the War-responsibility trials in Finland were kept here, including President Risto Ryti, Prime Minister Väinö Tanner. The Estonian-born writer Hella Wuolijoki. was there for high treason during World War II. Another inmate of note was