Shocking footage has emerged showing more than 50 inmates staging a mass prison break from a notorious Indonesian jail.

John Anglin, along with his brother Clarence and Frank Morris, was one of three inmates who escaped Alcatraz grounds in 1962. The three convicts built papier-mache dummy heads and placed them in ...

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

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 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 ...

The miniseries’ debut opens with Frank Morris and Clarence Anglin, two of the prisoners who escaped Alcatraz Federal ...

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 ...

The future of Alcatraz lies in one man’s hands ... Kelsey’s discoveries have also lifted the veil on the prison’s most famous 1962 escape, when Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and ...

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 ...

The inmates formulate an escape plan and on the 2nd of May 1946 ... But the prisoners didn't count on the Warden's determination to maintain Alcatraz's fearsome reputation. Soon they are facing ...

In 2022, seven prisoners escaped through a bathroom wall from ... which houses four separate prisons and is known as “Indonesia’s Alcatraz”, is not immune to prison breaks.