U.S. officials first used Alcatraz, located in the heart of San Francisco Bay, as a fort. In 1934, it became a maximum-security federal prison and the island opened to tourists in 1973. Last year ...

【9月13日 AFP】米国の核兵器開発に関する機密情報を旧ソ連へ漏えいしたとする1951年のローゼンバーグ（Rosenberg）事件で、スパイ罪で有罪となり ...

From the late 1950s Alcatraz began being seen as too expensive to operate. In March 1963, The Rock ceased to operate as a federal prison. Today, more than 1 million visitors set foot on the island ...