55 Years Later, Alcatraz Escapee sends this note.

Collection Of The Vital Equipment’s

Given that you are limited to your cell for the whole day, how can you compile the supplies you need? Luckily for them, though, the prison also serves as a plant always. Working for the United States Army allows prisoners to make a "living" by manufacturing goods including furniture, clothes, or shoes.

The availability of these opportunities enabled clever and imaginative people to have access to a significant amount of resources, which they would usually be able to use to implement their escape plans. The four of them could keep a low profile as Alcatraz's guards showed no especially interest in them. This was so because they were placed there for non-violent transgressions.