Alcatraz Prison/Shutterstock In 1940 ... designed to break the spirit through complete isolation. Prisoners locked inside ...

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Reporter says prison is eerily quiet Next Article in ... FLORENCE, Colorado (CNN) -- Visiting Supermax, the "Alcatraz of the Rockies," reveals nothing so much as an astonishing and eerie quiet.

We'll also take a behind the scenes look at Alcatraz a historic prison. All that and an orangutan that loves to read on today's episode of CNN 10.

Like many Indian reservations, Alcatraz had no modern facilities or fertile soil. The federal prison had closed six years earlier, and the island had been designated “surplus government property.” ...

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 ...

Business Insider visited Alcotraz, a controversial Alcatraz themed pop up cocktail ... Sam Shearman about the backlash he has received around the prison theme. Mr Shearman said; "So I've always ...

Alcatraz, one of the America’s most notorious ... are well underway for him to put his world title on the line inside the old ...