Part of the reason Alcatraz was closed was because so many prisoners were successfully escaping from it.

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The opposite is true - only a small number of prisoners (14 in total) attempted to escape Alcatraz, and none were known to have successfully done so. Alcatraz was closed primarily because it was expensive to maintain and outdated as a prison facility.

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