SIGNAL: Mainstream media would have you believe that Trump's first 100 days were a failure--despite securing the border and ...

Now, with the announcement that President Trump plans to reopen the infamous jail which closed in 1963, fans have had a strong reaction after Hartman's iconic turn as an Alcatraz tour guide in ...

Dwayne LaBrecque, a diabetic who lost several toes and part of his foot to infection, will be severely impacted by cuts to ...

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

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

Convicted of tax evasion, Capone served time at Alcatraz, where his influence was greatly diminished. Another high-profile prisoner was Alvin “Creepy” Karpis, the FBI’s first-ever "Public ...

Alcatraz as a prison? What about a coliseum that features Jan. 6 patriots? Hearst Castle as the Western White House? And ...

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 and ...

President Donald Trump has called for the revival of Alcatraz Island as a federal prison facility. The former fortress in San Francisco Bay, which operated as a federal prison from 1934 to 1963 ...

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on May 4 in San Francisco. (Noah Berger/AP) Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be ...

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains ... out their lives hidden from justice and the public eye. “That case,” said Art Roderick ...