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.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The last inmates of Alcatraz Federal Prison left the crumbling "Rock ... buildings which contributed to recent escape attempts. The last inmate to leave the 29-year-old island ...

While the escape itself has been covered in ... It’s the pursuit of freedom that moves every character in After Alcatraz, not just those escaping prison. Each person is bound in some way by ...

More than 60 years after three men escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison, the U.S. Marshals Service is not giving up on capturing them. The U.S. Marshals on Wednesday released age-progressed ...

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.” ...

He arrived on the island prison at the age of 18 where he immediately began plotting his escape. His plans to flee culminated in the famous two-day Battle of Alcatraz, which left two guards and th ...

Frank Lee Morris concocted a daring escape plan he shared with Allen West and brothers John and Clarence Anglin. The four Alcatraz inmates constructed an improvised inflatable raft in the prison ...

America's most infamous maximum security prison Alcatraz, home to the country's ... The inmates formulate an escape plan and on the 2nd of May 1946, their fight for freedom begins as they take ...