From the mid-1930s until the mid-1960s, Alcatraz (“the Rock”) was America’s premier maximum-security prison, the final stop for the nation’s most incorrigible inmates, including Al Capone. Rea ...

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

The pistol owned by the notorious Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone, which he nicknamed ... seven and a half years in federal prison in Atlanta and at Alcatraz Penitentiary off the coast ...

On October 17, 1931, Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison, and fined tens ... privileges denied other prisoners, to Alcatraz. Capone was a good prisoner, but ...

Today is the 82 nd anniversary of the reporting to Alcatraz Prison of one of its most memorable residents; Al Capone. Capone was sent to prison for income tax evasion; in other words, it was a ...

The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island ... which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three inmates ...

US: “Break the rules and you go to prison. Break the prison rules ... The most famous of all was one Al “Scarface” Capone who had been convicted of tax evasion. Others were George “Machine ...

Alcatraz, a maximum-security prison, was operational between 1934 and 1963. American gangster Al Capone was among its most famous inmates. The prison was later reopened as a museum. The ...

On October 17, 1931, Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison, and fined tens ... privileges denied other prisoners, to Alcatraz. Capone was a good prisoner, but ...