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 ...

The true story of Robert Stroud forms the basis of John Frankenheimer's engaging prison drama about the eponymous inmate's lifelong imprisonment. Burt Lancaster plays Stroud, sentenced for a ...

Incarceration has been explored in many different ways over the decades, ranging from uplifting stories of perseverance in the likes of Shawshank or Birdman of Alcatraz, to bleaker and more brutal ...