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.

US President Donald Trump declared "nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz," outlining plans to reopen the island prison. It was ...

Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...

At Alcatraz, Hopkins had some infamous neighbours. The facility housed many violent criminals over its 30 years - Al Capone; ...

At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...

On a Monday morning visit to Alcatraz, foreign tourists were only slightly less critical of the president's plan to make it a ...

The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.

The US president plans to reopen this island prison in the San Francisco Bay, which has been closed since 1963, in order to ...

The prison off the coast of San Francisco is where the government sent notorious gangsters, such as Al Capone, as well as ...