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

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and the island it stands on can be seen from above. The infamous prison closed on March 21, 1963, after 29 years of operation. The main cell block that once housed ...

Inmates who broke the rules were held in solitary confinement in the dreaded D Block. While the prison ... at Alcatraz confounded escape plots. Guards could see every inch of each cell from ...

“Birdman of Alcatraz is an absolute masterclass ... it’s one of the grittier portraits of prison life. Not in the heightened Brawl In Cell Block 99 way. This feels real, showing incarceration ...