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Alcatraz Escape — Part 10

104 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 103 pages OCR'd
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~ ( ‘ FD-202 (Rev. 1-25-40) A_jeDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAY _) Date August 31, 1962 Warden OLIN G. BLACKWELL, United States 2. a, advised that initially an tution, and ter FRANK MO) ry IN ie all inmates, in the escape plot, jought the holes in his cell walls y the prison officials. BLACKWELL also believed that’ thought by furnishing this information, he nan ediate transfer from Alcatraz. At that time advised that he had furnished all of the informa- tion as to the escape plot and it, iev' the investigation in the cells o: a that was telling the truth as to his cipation. After it had been determined that and QR vere all evidently involved in the escape plot, ey were segregated from the regular cell block and placed in the Treatment Unit having individual open front cells. This Treatment Unit is utilized for inmates who refuse to comply with p ations. After having been in this Unit for awhil together with some of the other inmates, refused to stand up and go to the front of his cell door for routine prison inmate counts during the day. ad , 5 ng Also, cate t the at the institution, had ® available 200 pounds of c electric es. BLACKWELL believes that this relative to, as it concerns imagination and t it would obtain ransfer from Alcatraz. After the refusal o. and some of the other inmates in the Treatment Unit to s up for inmate count, they, on 8/27/62 Alcatraz, California File # SF 76-2887 s Ti. -'- 2/28/60 by Date dictated ‘This document containe neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It (s the property of the FBI and ia joaned to your agency; 11 and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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