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.
Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again is a book written by Teresa Giudice and K.C. Baker. It revolves around Giudice's highly publicized legal issues and her 15-month sentence in jail. It was released on February 9, 2016, by Simon & Schuster. The book is a New York Times Bestseller. In March 2014, Giudice and her husband Joe entered a guilty plea to 41 counts of fraud, following a deal struck with federal prosecutors. The couple was accused of engaging in bank, mail, wire, and bankruptcy fraud,