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Where Did Alcatraz's Most Notorious Inmates End Up After the Infamous Prison Shut Its Doors in 1963?
Alcatraz, America's most feared prison, officially shut on 21 March 1963, bringing an end to nearly three decades of housing ...
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Alcatraz Prison’s 10 Most Notorious And Infamous Inmates
Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was as much a psychological prison as it was a ...
Trump pitched reopening Alcatraz after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired locally
President Trump’s local PBS affiliate aired the 1979 thriller ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ before he took to social media to insist ...
One of Alcatraz’s last living inmates speaks out on Trump’s plan to reopen prison
One of Alcatraz’s last living inmates speaks out on Trump’s plan to reopen prison - Charlie Hopkins believes president is not ...
Wild escape attempts, famous mobsters and no running water: Inside America’s most notorious prison as Trump vows to reopen Alcatraz
In 1946, a violent but failed escape attempt — set off with guns and riot clubs that a group of cons managed to obtain — led ...
A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future
One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...
The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them
An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Bureau of Prisons over ...
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A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future
The prison never once reached its capacity of 336 prisoners, housing up to 275 inmates on average. Over the decades, the Alcatraz federal prison has been an infamous part of modern American ...