Clarence Anglin refused to open his eyes for his mugshot as he arrived at Alcatraz in ... maximum-security prison, the final stop for the nation’s most incorrigible inmates, including Al Capone.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The last inmates of Alcatraz Federal Prison left the crumbling "Rock" in San Francisco Bay today and headed for other institutions. The government is abandoning the maximum ...

According to historical accounts, out of the 36 Alcatraz inmates who tried to flee before the prison was closed in March 1963 ...

prominently displayed on a wall in one of America’s most famous prison – Alcatraz – cast a dark pall over any inmate who called it home. For long, Alcatraz was just a lonely island in the ...