The president said he wants “vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders” to be incarcerated in the island prison, which ...

The most notorious criminals to be housed at Alcatraz included Alphonse “Al” Capone, George "Machine-Gun" Kelly, and "Ma Barker” gang members, Alvin Karpis, and Arthur "Doc" Barker.

Well-known criminals such as Al Capone, George "Machine-Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis (the first "Public Enemy No. 1) and Arthur "Doc" Barker did time in Alcatraz, according to the BOP. However ...

Well-known criminals such as Al Capone, George "Machine-Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis (the first "Public Enemy No. 1") and Arthur "Doc" Barker did time in Alcatraz, according to the BOP. However ...

Herman committed suicide in 1927. Arthur “Doc” Barker was killed as he tried to escape Alcatraz in 1939. Top G-man J. Edgar Hoover called the Depression Era’s Barker-Karpis Gang “the ...

The penitentiary did hold infamous criminals such as Capone; George "Machine Gun" Kelly; and Alvin Karpis and Arthur "Doc" Barker. But while some inmates were sent to Alcatraz because they were ...

Some famous names held here: Robert Stroud or the so-called "Birdman of Alcatraz," Al Capone, George "Machine-Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis, who was the first "Public Enemy #1" and Arthur "Doc" Barker ...