Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of a boat headed for Alcatraz, the infamous ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

A reported White House plan, announced May 4, to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former prison on an island off San Francisco ...

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

President Donald Trump should do more than reopen a prison on Alcatraz. He should commission the construction of a Statue of ...

The island that once housed some of the country's most notorious names has been a popular tourist draw for decades.