Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner ...

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.” ...

There is no prison more prolific than Alcatraz, so it should come as no surprise that some of its past inmates have been equally notorious. Alcatraz Penitentiary was the country's premiere maximum ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. US: “Break the rules and you go to prison. Break the prison rules and you go to Alcatraz ...

Even Alcatraz feels cozy and less horror-movie-ish than this place,” another joked. “Lovely, except for the train noise and annual risk of flooding,” someone noted. “This could work by adding a few ...

Aerial view of Alcatraz Island in January 1932. The island was used as a maximum security federal prison from 1934 to 1963. (FBI) The U.S. Marshals Service has released updated age progression ...

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 ...

Gilles Sabrie/LightRocket/Getty Images Ai Weiwei has never been to Alcatraz, but he has spent three years constructing the infamous island prison in his mind. Sitting at a long wooden table within ...

Because the museum's exterior design is based on both the Tennessee State Prison and Alcatraz Island prison, some visitors were dismayed that there was no information about prisons. Temper your ...