Like many Indian reservations, Alcatraz had no modern facilities or fertile soil. The federal prison had closed six years earlier, and the island had been designated “surplus government property.” ...

Alcatraz’s first warden ... The installation—which explores ideas of confinement and what it means to be a modern political prisoner—will run from September 27, 2014, through April 26 ...

Ken Widner and Mike Lynch’s 'Alcatraz: The Last Escape' goes inside the infamous 1962 jailbreak Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears in The New ...

People interested in crime, history and mysteries will appreciate the wealth of exhibits at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum. Sprawled across 25,000 square feet of space, the museum includes 100 ...