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 ...

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

McNeill Island, Wash.; Lewisburg ... The government began transporting the 250 inmates of Alcatraz to new institutions last fall. The prison is scheduled to be officially turned over to the ...

Sam Bankman-Fried had hoped to win freedom by making a long-shot bid for a presidential pardon. Instead, he began the next ...

but Saturday some former inmates of Alcatraz, older and possibly wiser, traveled back for a reunion on the legendary island prison. "The longer you are away from a place the softer the memories ...

The blacksmith shop on Alcatraz once held vocational classes for inmates. Library of Congress Though the occupation seemed at first like a publicity stunt, the Indians had a vision for the island ...

On arrival, the team stayed on the island for three weeks — sleeping in cells in the notorious D-block where, historically, some of Alcatraz’s most dangerous inmates have been held.