He arrived on the island prison at the age of 18 where he immediately began plotting his escape. His plans to flee culminated in the famous two-day Battle of Alcatraz, which left two guards and th ...

America's most infamous maximum security prison Alcatraz, home to the country's ... under the thumb of the strict warden and his sadistic guards. The inmates formulate an escape plan and on ...

Like many Indian reservations, Alcatraz had no modern facilities or fertile soil. The federal prison had closed six ... from the third floor of a former guard residence. A fire burned down the ...

Coast Guard cutters and press boats gathered in ... though sometimes he favors rough denim shirts oddly similar to Alcatraz’s prison uniforms. Looking at page proofs of the exhibition booklet ...

Six guard towers were erected while barbed ... Inmates here dined on a menu of salad, fresh fruit and desserts. Again, Alcatraz was the only prison in the system that had the provision of warm ...

Here, 115 prisoners mostly live in communal houses, along with 69 prison employees, almost all of whom return to the mainland at day's end. Only five guards remain on the island during the night.

When most people think of a prison break, the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz Island is likely ... He was able to accomplish this by bribing a guard to "look the other way." ...