President Trump wants to reopen the notorious maximum security prison known as Alcatraz. But why? This hour, the past, ...

The ingenious plot by Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin in 1962 probably stands as the nation’s most famous ...

Trump, ever in search of sadistic pleasures, wants his own CECOT-like prison to intern what he calls America’s “most vicious ...

US President Donald Trump declared "nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz," outlining plans to reopen the island prison. It was shut down more than six decades ago. As far as Trump's claims are concerned, ...

(CNN) — Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers ...

(CNN) — Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence ...

Anybody who has watched “Escape From Alcatraz” or played the video games or donned the headphones and shuffled through the cell house audio tour, has played a role in the collective ...

The infamous 1962 escape also heightened concerns about future security and the need for expensive repairs[11][12]. How expensive would it be to reopen Alcatraz as a prison? Estimates for ...

RICHARD TUGGLE, screenwriter, Escape From Alcatraz ONCE THE CHICAGO-BASED editorial department completed the life jacket article, the story went with the rest of the March 1962 issue to a printing ...

What most people know about Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, centers on a daring 1962 escape by inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin. The dramatic ...

President Trump expressed interest in reopening the infamous Alcatraz penitentiary Sunday after a South Florida TV station aired the 1979 Clint Eastwood film “Escape from Alcatraz.” ...