Birdman of Alcatraz is not really a prison picture in the traditional ... but understandably deep compassion the true story of Robert Stroud, it achieves a human dimension way beyond its predecessors.

In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud is transferred to the Leavenworth Prison convicted for murdering a man. When a guard cancels the visit of his mother, Elizabeth ...

There’s so much to learn from these prison museums ... including mobster Al Capone and murderer Robert Stroud, both of whom have been depicted in numerous films, TV shows and even novels.

Here is more information on Stroud's father and why he is in prison. Stroud's father, Coleridge Bernard Stroud III, is in prison after pleading guilty in 2015 to carjacking, kidnapping ...

The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island ... which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three inmates ...