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.

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 ...

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 ...

While voluntary enlistment is still strong in Ukraine, it is no longer enough. Kyiv has began allowing prisoners to apply for early release in exchange for military service. While Russia's similar ...

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 ...

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.” ...

Standing atop a 22-acre island off the coast of San Francisco, California, lies Alcatraz, a now unused prison that once held notorious individuals such as Al Capone, George "Machine-Gun" Kelly ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) --Fifty years ago they were seeking ways to escape, but Saturday some former inmates of Alcatraz, older and possibly wiser, traveled back for a reunion on the ...

America's most infamous maximum security prison Alcatraz, home to the country's most dangerous criminals, is considered to be an impenetrable fortress. A group of prisoners, led by an armed robber ...

Built over a desolated island on the coast of San Francisco, the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary made history as the darkest pit you could hide prisoners from 1934 to 1963. The imposing fortress ...