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.” ...

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

Gilles Sabrie/LightRocket/Getty Images Ai Weiwei has never been to Alcatraz, but he has spent three years constructing the infamous island prison in his mind. Sitting at a long wooden table within ...

Ranker - Video Life As a Guard At Alcatraz Prison Posted: March 31, 2025 | Last updated: March 31, 2025 The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, located off the coast of San Francisco, CA ...

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 ...

Alcatraz is managed by the National Park Service ... Kelsey’s discoveries have also lifted the veil on the prison’s most famous 1962 escape, when Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and ...

IGN can exclusively debut their newest title, Out of Alcatraz, which dramatizes the events surrounding perhaps the most infamous prison break in American history. Check out the slideshow gallery ...

America's most infamous maximum security prison Alcatraz, home to the country's most dangerous criminals, is considered to be an impenetrable fortress. A group of prisoners, led by an armed robber ...

Because the museum's exterior design is based on both the Tennessee State Prison and Alcatraz Island prison, some visitors were dismayed that there was no information about prisons. Temper your ...

The four Alcatraz inmates constructed an improvised inflatable raft in the prison workshops. They also modeled replicas of their heads with papier mâché, that they left on their bed to trick ...