When Yoshie Shiratori was locked up in Japan's notorious Abashiri prison in 1943, the guards were well aware of his ...

The escape occurred around 11 a.m. during visiting hours. The inmates broke free after attacking prison officers with a machete, which is believed to have come from inside the facility and was ...

On June 11, 1962, three prisoners escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison, a former US military base located on a small island off the coast of San Francisco.

The manhunt continues after 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail on May 16 by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet.. The inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish jail, a correctional ...

Seven of 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail through a hole in a wall behind a toilet remained on the run May 17, as authorities in Louisiana continued a massive manhunt and wondered if ...

President Trump may want to open up the once-notorious Alcatraz Island prison to again house the “worst of the worst” criminals, but one woman remembers “The Rock” as a wond… ...

Discover how a 1962 Popular Mechanics article inspired the legendary Alcatraz escape, blending ingenuity and determination in one of history's boldest prison breaks.

ALCATRAZ ISLAND, California — If the national park rangers of Alcatraz are soon replaced by the prison wardens of California’s newest penitentiary, the throngs of tourists marching across the ...

But was again captured during a train robbery in 1921 and sent to Leavenworth prison with additional 25 years. In 1925, he was moved to Atlanta Federal Prison but the next year he tried to tunnel ...

Alcatraz was named 'La Isla de los Alcatraces' – the island of the pelicans – by Spanish naval officer and explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala y Aranza in 1775. It served first as a military fort before ...

They say it was impossible to escape from alive (with perhaps one famous exception). Now, Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz prison and fill it with America's "most ruthless" criminals.

Alcatraz prison shut down in 1963, a year after the men's escape. Partly this was due to its deteriorating structure and the expense of running it but the prison's severe regime had also long been ...