When it comes to great prison break movies, there are few more iconic than Papillon, the 1973 classic that starred Dustin ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The last inmates of Alcatraz Federal Prison left the crumbling ... deteriorating buildings which contributed to recent escape attempts. The last inmate to leave the 29-year ...

When most people think of a prison break, the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz Island is likely the first that comes to mind. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter ...

There were 14 attempts to escape Alcatraz during the 29 years it served as a federal prison. Most attempts ended with the prisoners either being captured or killed. Frank Lee Morris and brothers ...

Colditz Castle, a notorious prisoner of war camp in Nazi Germany, was supposed to be escape-proof. But in the dark days at the end of World War II, a group of British officers dreamt up the ...

Two Canadian inmates who escaped from prison by grabbing ... The episode was immortalised in the film Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood. In 2006, a convict, Ralph Phillips, tore ...

When Ai began researching Alcatraz, what struck him most were the narratives of attempted escape. For inmates, San Francisco was tantalizingly close; on a calm, clear evening they could hear the ...