Five people are believed to have escaped Alcatraz, though whether their attempts were actually successful is still up for ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

Fighting raged in Libya’s capital Tripoli between rival militia groups and government forces overnight into Wednesday, local ...

Major changes in sentencing are expected as prisons reach bursting point but Tories are pushing for burglars to be locked up ...

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...

The now 76-year-old man killed his mother as a teen, then killed a man inside a hotel room five years later. He also spent 10 ...

Donald Trump on Monday served up a word salad for the ages after being asked to explain his thinking behind his order to ...

But only three inmates - brothers John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris - successfully escaped before vanishing without a ...

Riggs, pleaded guilty earlier this year. Riggs was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison. Largent is awaiting sentencing. In total, ten people have been convicted or are awaiting sentencing for ...

A convicted murderer who escaped prison and was on the loose for three ... Police Scotland warned people to not approach him, but have now confirmed he has been found. They said: ‘Officers ...

President Donald Trump said he's directing federal agencies to reopen the federal prison at Alcatraz, which closed in 1963 ...

While the prison was touted as being escape-proof throughout its infamous ... But it’s right now a museum, believe it or not. A lot of people go there.” Referencing the flee attempt by Morris ...