Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

Today marks 62 years since the last escapees made their way off Alcatraz Island, creating one of the nation’s biggest ...

Recommended Videos Frank Morris arrived at Alcatraz, which was located on a small island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, in January 1960 after convictions for bank robbery, burglary ...

The very name "Alcatraz" connotes an inescapable prison — except three men did escape in 1962, a year before the prison closed. These were Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin ...