Three prisoners successfully escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 and an expert has revealed the design flaw that made it possible.

President Trump may want to turn Alcatraz into a prison, but San Francisco kids have their own ideas — less jail time and a ...

An expert spent more than 30 years researching Alcatraz and uncovered a flaw that helped pave the way for three men to escape ...

Together, they reveal how a global vision of mass incarceration is spreading, one cellblock at a time. These facilities ...

About 5,500 people were ferried from Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island before dawn Thursday for the annual Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering and commemorates the 1969–71 occupation of ...

Some of the most dangerous people in the world lived in the Alcatraz prison. I decided to go to the island and learn all about it. Alone with a killer in the Montana wilderness ...

On Thanksgiving morning each year, Native Americans hold a sunrise ceremony on Alcatraz island, in the San Francisco Bay. It honors Indigenous resistance over the years and the historic 1969 Native ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island has been closed due to concerns about crumbling underground ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the fa ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a California lockup that was once home to Al Capone and Charles Manson over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a lockup adjacent to the Port of Los Angeles that was once home to Al Capone and Charles Manson over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling ...