Alcatraz Prison/Shutterstock In 1940, the sudden and mysterious death of James A. Johnson, a former warden of Alcatraz, sent shockwaves through those familiar with the prison's grim reputation.

Alcotraz tries to mimic Alcatraz ... the bar’s prison experience is replicated by loud announcements, flashing overhead lights and an actor portraying an inmate who said the warden was crooked ...

The Great Escape is a historical war adventure movie from World War II in which the germans prisoners align together to ...

Luis Esquivel, warden of Paraguay's Tacumbú Prison, spoke early Wednesday from inside the penitentiary where inmates are holding him hostage together with 22 guards and said an answer from the ...

TV bosses are hoping to bang them up in the most famous prison in the world for Celebrity Alcatraz ... with real rules and real wardens," said a spokesman. Carlton offshoot Action Time is drawing ...

DEER LODGE, Mont. — The Montana State Prison Warden, Jim Salmonsen, has been placed on leave, according to the Department of Corrections. The circumstances of Salmonsen's leave are unknown at ...

Birdman of Alcatraz is not really a prison picture in the traditional and ... His running clash with the narrow-minded and vengeful warden Shoemaker is a highlight of the film, consummating ...

In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud is transferred to the Leavenworth Prison convicted for ... However, the warden, Harvey Shoemaker, decides to keep Stroud in ...