Daring departure on this day in 1962 still has mysterious conclusion. The island made an easy transition to tourist stop.

Investigators found the men punched out holes in their cell walls by drilling ... as well as contact information for a San Francisco attorney who had defended Alcatraz inmates in the past, the ...

Visitors walk the cell blocks at Alcatraz National Park ... and deer mice that now live on the island. And like San Francisco’s politicians, park visitors too seem to view the idea of a reborn ...

One of three cell tiers of individual cells at the main block of the Alcatraz Federal Prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, March 15, 1956. What made Alcatraz unique was its ...

"It is a great spot to put military watchdogs on San Francisco Bay ... it seemed at the time. When Alcatraz was transferred to the federal Bureau of Prisons, "the cell bars were strengthened ...

Jose Perez is fighting for a future in which he hopes he won’t be paralyzed after suffering a serious injury while racing in the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon earlier this month.

SAN FRANCISCO—To some in this city, turning Alcatraz back into a prison would ... the Golden Gate Bridge” as well as “experience a cell door demonstration.” Over the years, Boy Scouts ...

ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. — The barred cell doors are so rusted they can ... for this craggy piece of land a mile from the San Francisco waterfront — the president’s proposal looked like ...

“You could walk back and forth in your cell or do push-ups ... a National Park site located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, on May 5, 2025.

Alcatraz is an island in San Francisco Bay that was used as a prison ... many prisoners preferred the conditions — such as having one man per cell — at Alcatraz compared to other federal ...