The innate purpose of a high security federal prison is to detain its inmates, but somehow convicts infallibly manage to come up with the means to escape even in the most secure prison, Alcatraz. Alcatraz, America’s most fortified, rigid prison, was designed to contain the worst felons. Failing to live up to its reputation of being inescapable, many escape attempts have been made, although a few only being successful. Although Alcatraz was designed to be a perfect, inescapable prison, the escape attempts of many, including the successful goes of the Anglin brothers and Frank Morris, prove otherwise. The reason behind the building of Alcatraz was to make a prison that was too tough to endure escaping from. Location-wise, the prison is on a remote island, off the shore of San Francisco and surrounded by shark-infested water. Structurally, the building was made highly fortified and constantly monitored by rigid security. The fundamental idea was to make clear to the prisoners that any attempt at escape would be a simple waste of time, as it would be impossible. However, Alcatraz has failed to live up to its purpose. Not only did the intimidation factor fail to prevent any escape attempts, but many of them came close to being successful. Throughout the prison’s running, 36 men tried to escape. Among some of this lot, six were shot and two drowned. Clearly, the “absolute inescapability” of Alcatraz was not heeded by numerous inmates. The well-known show Mythbusters has also proven that with the proper strategy, timing, and technique, escaping from Alcatraz is, in fact, quite possible. Notable among these “escape artists” are the Anglin brothers and Frank Morris, the only ones successful in their mission to escape from Alcatraz. The brothers and Morris collaborated on an elaborate escape plan, that overwhelming evidence points to as having been successful. These three accomplices at first were accompanied by a fou