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

Around 1910, Alcatraz was being used to house military prisoners, who built the island's iconic three-story cell house that ...

Around 1910, Alcatraz was being used to house military prisoners, who built the island's iconic three-story cell house that still stands on the island today. Later, when the U.S. government was ...

What most people know about Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay, centers on a daring 1962 escape by inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin. The dramatic ...

Around 1910, Alcatraz was being used to house military prisoners, who built the island’s iconic three-story cell house that still stands on the island today. Later, when the U.S. government was ...