PERCHED on a rocky island a mile out to sea from San Francisco looms the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. One of the world’s most infamous prisons, it was built for the worst of the worst and ...

In 1946, a violent but failed escape attempt — set off with guns and riot clubs that a group of cons managed to obtain — led ...

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

William Baker, 91, is believed to be one of the last living inmates of Alcatraz. He has harrowing tales to tell, including about the time he tried to escape.

As calls to reopen Alcatraz make headlines, Mexico's prison island tells a different story – of sea turtles, green parrots ...

Inside the prison, the issue would have gone straight ... There it was added to a delivery cart that a prisoner pushed from cell to cell. Like all Alcatraz residents, Frank Morris had about ...

US President Donald Trump declared "nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz," outlining plans to reopen the island prison. It was ...

Inside the prison, the issue would have gone straight to an administration ... There it was added to a delivery cart that a ...

Trump has directed officials to reopen a ‘substantially enlarged and rebuilt’ prison on Alcatraz Island - but is it really ...

Alcatraz, the infamous island prison once home to America's most dangerous criminals, is set to reopen its doors, according ...

On the night of June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – launched one of the ...